Chapter 12 Flashcards
What types of elements are ceramics usually compounds of?
metallic and nonmetallic elements
What interatomic bonds do ceramics have?
they’re either totally ionic or predominately ionic but with some covalent character
How are the desirable properties of ceramics normally achieved?
Firing, a high-temperature heat treatment process
What is the primary material of “traditional ceramics”?
clay
How many elements are in ceramics?
At least 2
What does the degree of ionic character of a ceramic depend on?
Electronegativities of the atoms
How should you think of the crystal structures for ceramic materials whose atomic bonding is predominately ionic?
Think of them as composed of electrically charged ions rather than atoms
metallic ions/cations: positive
nonmetallic ions/anions: negative
What two characteristics of the component ions in crystalline ceramic materials influence the crystal structure?
- The magnitude of the electrical charge on each of the component
- The relative sizes of the cations and anions
What is the charge of a ceramic crystal?
Electrically netural
Are cations or anions ordinarily smaller once ionized?
cations because metallic elements give up electrons
What is the criteria for ceramic ionic radii size of cations and anions?
- radius cation < radius anion
- cations want to have the most nearest-neighbor anions as possible and vice versa
In terms of cations and anions, how do you determine a stable ceramic crystal structure? What minimum value does this create?
The anions surrounding a cation are all in contact with the cation
This creates a minimum value of rC/rA
What does the coordination number stand for in ceramics?
Number of anion nearest neighbors for a cation
If rC/rA < 0.155 what is the cation-anion orientation? Coordination number?
a very small cation is bonded to two anions in a linear manner
coordination number = 2
If 0.155 < rC/rA < 0.255, what is the cation-anion orientation? Coordination number?
Each cation (small) is surrounded by three anions in the form of a planar equilateral triangle
Coordination number = 3
If 0.225 < rC/rA < 0.414, what is the cation-anion orientation? Coordination number?
The cation is located at the center of a tetrahedron, with anions at each of the corners
Coordination number = 4
If 0.414 < rC/rA < 0.732, what is the cation-anion orientation? Coordination number?
The cation is at the center an octahedron surrounded by six anions, one at each corner
Coordination number = 6
If 0.732 < rC/rA < 1.0, what is the cation-anion orientation? Coordination number?
Anions at all corners of a cube and a cation positioned at the center
Coordination number = 8
What is the coordination number for a radius ratio greater than unity (1) ?
12
What are the most common coordination numbers for ceramic materials?
4,6,8
What does the size of an ion depend on?
1) Coordination number: the ionic radius increases as the number of opposite charge nearest-neighbor ions increases
2) The charge of an ion: cations are smaller than anions
What are AX compounds?
Common ceramic materials with equal numbers of cations and anions (A-cations, X-anions)
What is the most common AX crystal structure?
Rock Salt/ sodium chloride (NaCl) type
What is the coordination number for cations and anions in rock salt structure? What is the cation-anion radius ration between?
6
0.414-0.732
What is the crystal structure for rock salt type?
FCC
one cation at the center and all the cube edges
What are five ceramic materials that form rock salt structure?
NaCl, MgO, MnS, LiF, FeO
What are the AX compounds?
1) Rock Salt Structure
2) Cesium Chloride
3) Zinc Blende
What is the coordination number for cesium chloride (CsCl)?
8 for both ion types
What does the structure of a cesium chloride cube look like?
Single cation at the center with anions located on the corners of the cube
NOT bcc structure
If you interchange cations and anions it’s still the same crystal structure
What is the coordination number of the Zinc Blende Structure? What are the two atoms it’s made from?
4- they’re tetrahedrally coordinated
ZnS
What’s another name for zinc blende structure (ZnS)?
sphalerite
What does the structure look like for Zinc Blende?
All corner and face positions are occupied by S atoms, and Zn atoms fill the interior tetrahedral position
It can be reversed
What is the primary type of bonding for Zinc Blende structure?
highly covalent
What are three examples of Zinc Blende structure?
ZnS, ZnTe, SiC
If the charges on cations and anions are not the same, what is the chemical formula of the ceramic?
AmXp
m and/or p can’t be 1
ex: CaF2: 2x F - ions as Ca 2+
What does the crystal structure of a AmXp ceramic look like?
One unit cell consists of 8 different cubes, each with an cation at the center and anion at the corners
What are compounds with AmXp crystal structure?
ZrO2, UO2, PuO2, ThO2
What kind of ceramic compound chemical formula has more than one type of cation?
AmBnXp
A- cation
B- cation
X- anion
What is an example of a compound with a AmBnXp type crystal structure? What is this called?
BaTiO3
Ba 2+
Ti 4+
O 2-
Perovskite crystal structure