Budget your time. Do the problems you find easiest first.

1. Consider a (211) plane in a cubic latttice (using conventional, Cartesian axes).

a) If the plane intersects the z-axis at A, where does it intersect the x-axis?

b) What is the volume of a primitive cell of an fcc lattice having conventional-lattice side a ? (Justify your answer.)

c) Show that the distance between planes in the {211} family in a cubic-family lattice is a Ö (6)/12.

(For partial credit, you can instead show that the distance between planes in the {110} family in an fcc is aÖ (2)/4.)

d) What then (using b & c) is the area of a primitive cell in a {211} plane of an fcc lattice?

2. Consider crystals held together predominantly by metallic (M), covalent (C), and ionic (I) bonding.

a) Which case has the largest angular variation in charge density about an atom (say at a distance 1/4 of the interatomic spacing from the atom)? (Answer M, C, or I to this and the following.)

b) Which case has the largest variation in the charge density along a line connecting nearest-neighbor atoms?

c) Which kind characterizes most semiconductors?

d) Which kind characterizes materials made exclusively of an alkali element?

e) Which kind is most likely to have a crystal structure that is Bravais (with a single-atom basis)?

3. Indicate the temperature dependence of each of the following (no prefactors needed):

a) High-temperature internal energy of a solid

b) Low-temperature specific heat of a solid

e) Mean free path of phonons at very low temperature

4a. On the square lattice of sites on the [3 X 3 SQUARE LATTICE OF DOTS]

right, draw the displacement of the

atoms indicated by dots, for an acoustic

4b.On the 2-site basis square lattice on [3 X 3 SQUARE LATTICE OF PAIRS OF DOTS& OPEN CIRCLES TO THEIR RIGHT]

the right, draw the displacement of the

two kinds of atoms for an optical

6. Consider a (1D) chain of atoms, spaced a apart, alternating between positive and negative sign.

a) What is the periodicity of the 1D lattice? What then are the values of the reciprocal lattice K?

b) Suppose the atomic scattering factor of the positive ions is three times that of the negative ions:

c) What is the ratio of the intensity of the most intense spots to the least intense spots in the diffraction pattern? (Justify your answer; neglect Debye-Waller effects.)

7. In the linear kinetic theory of transport, why are collisions (scattering processes) necessary?

8. Consider a crystal with the rocksalt structure, e.g. NaCl.

b) How many such i) first, ii) second, and iii) third neighboring ions are there? iv) Which are negative?

c) Write down the leading contribution to the sum for the Madelung constant, computed using the Evjen or neutral-shell method, for this cube as applied in class to the square lattice. (Your answer should be expressed as the sum of three terms; do not waste time adding them.)

9. The panels below give the phonon dispersion relations for a Bravais fcc material (Ne),

diamond (C), germanium (Ge), and a mystery material with a large basis (YZ).

a) Identify which panel corresponds

to which material.

b) How many atoms are in the basis

of mystery material YZ?

c) On the top panel, mark clearly

with arrows on the vertical axis

the values of the frequency for

whichone expects Van Hove

singularities.

d) Again on this panel, estimate

(just 1 signifcant figure, but

show your work) the value of

the longitudinal sound (acoustic)