Describe what crystalline and noncrystalline (amorphous) materials are.
Learn how atoms and ions in solids are arranged in space and identify the basic building
blocks of solids.
Describe the difference between atomic structure and crystal structure for solid material.
Distinguish between crystal structure and crystal system.
Explain why plastics cannot be 100% crystalline in structure.
Explain polymorphism or allotropy in materials.
Compute the densities for metals having bodycentered, and face-centered cubic structures.
Describe how to use the x-ray diffraction method for material characterization.
Write the designation for atom position, direction indices, and Miller indices for
cubic crystals. Specify what are the three densely packed structures for most metals.
Determine Miller-Bravais indices for hexagonal-closed packed structure. Be able to draw directions and planes in cubic and hexagonal crystals.
