Hints: (b) For e) (a) Three-dimensional filling of the hexagonal close packed (left) and face-centered cubic (right) structures.

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1) Assume that the elemental atoms are hard spheres of radius r.

Calculate the maximum packing rate t obtained when this element

crystallizes into the following structures:

(e) hexagonal close packed (hcp) (first calculate the optimal c/a

relation) 

 

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(b)
For e)
Three-dimensi onal filling of the hexagonal close packed (left)
and face-centered cubic (right) structures.
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