How to Draw Matrix Plane

Lattice Planes and Miller Indices (all content)

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Contents

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Aims

On completion of this TLP you should:

  • Empathize the concept of a lattice plane;
  • Exist able to determine the Miller indices of a airplane from its intercepts with the edges of the unit cell;
  • Be able to visualise and depict a airplane when given its Miller indices;
  • Exist aware of how knowledge of lattice planes and their Miller indices can help to sympathise other concepts in materials scientific discipline.

Before you kickoff

You should empathize the concepts of a lattice, unit of measurement cell, crystal axes, vrystal system and the variations, primitive, FCC, BCC which make up the Bravais lattice.

You lot might also similar to wait at the TLP on Diminutive Calibration Structure of Materials.

Y'all should sympathize the concepts of vectors and planes in mathematics.

Introduction

Miller Indices are a method of describing the orientation of a aeroplane or fix of planes within a lattice in relation to the unit cell. They were developed by William Hallowes Miller.

These indices are useful in understanding many phenomena in materials scientific discipline, such every bit explaining the shapes of single crystals, the form of some materials' microstructure, the estimation of X-ray diffraction patterns, and the move of a dislocation, which may determine the mechanical properties of the material.

How to index a lattice plane

The next iii animations accept y'all through the basics of how to index a airplane. Click "Beginning" to begin each animation, and and then navigate through the pages using the buttons at the bottom right.

Parallel lattice planes

This blitheness explains the relationships between parallel planes and their indices. Click "Beginning" to brainstorm and employ the buttons at the lesser right to navigate through the pages.

Lattice planes tin can be represented by showing the trace of the planes on the faces of one or more unit cells. The diagram shows the trace of the (213) planes on a cubic unit cell.

Diagram showing trace of the (2bar13) planes on a cubic unit cell

How to describe a lattice plane

Bracket Conventions

In crystallography there are conventions as to how the indices of planes and directions are written. When referring to a specific aeroplane, "round" brackets are used:

(hkl)

When referring to a prepare of planes related by symmetry, then "curly" brackets are used:

{hkl}

These might exist the (100) type planes in a cubic organization, which are (100), (010), (001), (100),(010) and (001) . These planes all "look" the same and are related to each other by the symmetry elements present in a cube, hence their different indices depend only on the way the unit cell axes are defined. That is why it useful to consider the equivalent (010) set of planes.

Directions in the crystal can be labelled in a similar way. These are effectively vectors written in terms of multiples of the lattice vectors a, b, and c. They are written with "square" brackets:

[UVW]

A number of crystallographic directions can likewise be symmetrically equivalent, in which example a fix of directions are written with "triangular" brackets:

<UVW>

Vectors and Planes

It may seem, after considering cubic systems, that any lattice plane (hkl) has a normal direction [hkl]. This is non always the case, every bit directions in a crystal are written in terms of the lattice vectors, which are not necessarily orthogonal, or of the same magnitude. A simple case is the case of in the (100) aeroplane of a hexagonal system, where the direction [100] is actually at 120° (or 60° ) to the plane. The normal to the (100) plane in this case is [210]

VR rotating image

Weiss Zone Police force

The Weiss zone constabulary states that:

If the direction [UVW] lies in the plane (hkl), and then:

hU +kV +lW = 0

In a cubic system this is exactly coordinating to taking the scalar product of the direction and the aeroplane normal, and then that if they are perpendicular, the angle between them, θ, is 90° , so cosθ = 0, and the direction lies in the airplane. Indeed, in a cubic system, the scalar product tin exist used to make up one's mind the bending between a direction and a plane.

However, the Weiss zone law is more general, and tin can be shown to work for all crystal systems, to determine if a direction lies in a plane.

From the Weiss zone law the post-obit dominion can be derived:

The direction, [UVW], of the intersection of (h 1 k 1 l one) and (h 2 k 2 fifty two) is given past:

U =g i l two −chiliad 2 50 1

V =fifty 1 h two −l 2 h one

Westward =h 1 k two −h two m ane

Every bit it is derived from the Weiss zone constabulary, this relation applies to all crystal systems, including those that are not orthogonal.

Examples of lattice planes

The (100), (010), (001), (one00), (010) and (00one) planes form the faces of the unit cell. Here, they are shown every bit the faces of a triclinic (a ≠ b ≠ c, α ≠β ≠γ) unit cell . Although in this paradigm, the (100) and (one00) planes are shown as the front and dorsum of the unit cell, both indices refer to the same family unit of planes, as explained in the blitheness Parallel lattice planes. It should be noted that these six planes are not all symmetrically related, as they are in the cubic system.

Diagrams showing the planes forming the faces of the unit cell

The (101), (110), (011), (xi), (110) and (011) planes grade the sections through the diagonals of the unit of measurement jail cell, along with those planes whose indices are the negative of these. In the paradigm the planes are shown in a different triclinic unit cell.

Diagrams showing the planes forming the diagonals of the unit cell

The (111) type planes in a face centred cubic lattice are the close packed planes.

Click and drag on the image beneath to see how a close packed (111) plane intersects the fcc unit of measurement cell.

VR rotating image

Describe your own lattice planes

This simulation generates images of lattice planes. To see a plane, enter a set up of Miller indices (each index betwixt half-dozen and −6), the numbers separated by a semi-colon, and so click "view" or press enter.

Practical Uses

An understanding of lattice planes is required to explain the form of many microstructural features of many materials. The faces of single crystals form on certain lattice planes, typically those with low indices.

In a similar style, the form of the microstructure in a polycrystalline fabric is strongly dependent on lattice planes. When a new phase of material forms, the surfaces tend to be aligned on low index planes, as with single crystals. When a new solid phase is formed in some other solid, the interfaces occur on along the nearly energetically favourable planes, where the two lattices are most coherent. This leads to plate-like precipitates forming, at specific angles to each other.

Photograph of a section through an Fe-Ni meteorite showing plates at 60° to each other

Section through an Fe-Ni meteorite showing plates at 60° to each other

DoITPoMS standard terms of use

I method of plastic deformation is past dislocation slip. Understanding lattice planes, and directions is essential to explicate why dislocations move, combine and tangle in the observed way. More information tin be obtained in the TLP - 'Slip in Single Crystals'

A scanning electron micrograph of a single crystal of cadmium

A scanning electron micrograph of a unmarried crystal of cadmium
deforming by dislocation slip on 100 planes, forming steps
on the surface

DoITPoMS standard terms of use

Twinning is where a office of the crystal is "flipped" to grade a mirror image of the rest of the crystal, reflected in a particular lattice aeroplane. This can either occur in annealing, or as a mechanism of plastic deformation.

Micrograph of Annealing twins in brass

Annealing twins in contumely (DoITPoMS micrograph library)

X-ray diffraction is a method of determining the crystal structure of a fabric. By interpreting the diffraction patterns every bit reflections from lattice planes in the material, the structure tin be determined. More than information can exist obtained in the TLP - 'X-ray diffraction '

X-ray Diffractometer

Apparatus for carrying out unmarried crystal X-ray diffraction.

Worked examples

Example A

The figure below is a scanning electron micrograph of a niobium carbide dendrite in a Fe-34wt%Cr-5wt%Nb-4.5wt%C alloy. Niobium carbide has a face centred cubic lattice. The specimen has been deep-etched to remove the surrounding matrix chemically and reveal the dendrite. The dendrite has 3 sets of "arms" which are orthogonal to one another (i prepare pointing out of the aeroplane of the image, the other two sets, to a good approximation, lying in the plane of the prototype), and each arm has a pyramidal shape at its terminate. It is known that the crystallographic directions forth the dendrite arms correspond to the < 100 > lattice directions, and that the direction ab labelled on the micrograph is [101] .

Scanning electron micrograph of a niobium carbide dendrite in a Fe-34wt%Cr-5wt%Nb-4.5wt%C alloy
sourced from Dendritic Solidification

i) If bespeak c (not shown) lies on the axis of this dendrite arm, what is the direction cb ? Index face C , marked on the micrograph.

The diagram shows the [xone] direction in scarlet. The [100] direction is a < 100 > type direction that forms the observed acute angle with ab, and can be used equally cb. Of the < 100 > type directions, we could as well have used [00i] .

Using a right handed prepare of axes, we then have z-centrality pointing out of the airplane of the prototype, the 10-axis pointing along the direction cb, and the y-axis pointing towards the top left of the image.

Scanning electron micrograph of a niobium carbide dendrite in a Fe-34wt%Cr-5wt%Nb-4.5wt%C alloy

Face C must comprise the direction cb, and its normal must point out of the airplane of the prototype. Therefore face C is a (001) plane.

two) The four faces which lie at the end of each dendrite arm have normals which all make the same angle with the management of the arm. Observing that faces A and B marked on the micrograph both contain the management ab , and noting the general directions along which the normals to these faces point, alphabetize faces A and B .

Both faces A and B have normals pointing in the positive ten and z directions, i.e. positive h and fifty indices. Face A has a positive one thousand index, and face B has a negative chiliad index.

The morphology of the ends of the artillery is that of half an octahedron, suggesting that the faces are (111) type planes. This would make confront A, in green, a (111) plane, and face B, in blue, a (1ane1) plane. Equally required, they both contain the [101] management, in cerise.

Diagram showing dendrite faces

Example B

1) Work out the common management betwixt the (111) and (001) in a triclinic unit prison cell.

The relation derived from the Weiss zone police in the department Vectors and planes states that:

The management, [UVW], of the intersection of (h 1 thousand 1 fifty ane) and (h 2 1000 2 l 2) is given by:

U =k 1 l 2 −1000 2 50 1

Five =l i h ii −l ii h 1

W =h i thousand ii −h 2 k 1

We can utilize this relation as information technology applies to all crystal systems, including the triclinic organisation that nosotros are considering.

We accept h 1 = i, k 1 = 1, l 1 = 1

and h 2 = 0, k two = 0, l 2 = 1

Therefore

U = (ane × 1) - (0 × 1) = one

V = (1 × 0) - (i × one) = −one

W = (1 × 0) - (0 × 1) = 0.

So the mutual direction is:

[anei0] .

This is shown in the prototype below:

Diagram showing common direction

If we had defined the (001) plane equally (h 1 k one 50 i) and the (110) plane equally (h 2 k 2 l ii) then the resulting management would have been, [110] i.e. anti-parallel to [110] .

2) Utilize the Weiss zone constabulary to testify that the direction [110] lies in the (111) plane.

We have U =1, V =−ane, Westward =0,

and h = i, yard = 1, l = ane.

hU +kV +lW = (1 × 1) + (one × −1) + (ane × 0) = 0

Therefore the direction [110] lies in the airplane (111).

Summary

Miller Indices are the convention used to label lattice planes. This mathematical clarification allows us to define accurately, planes inside a crystal, and quantitatively analyse many problems in materials science.

Questions

Game: Identify the planes

Quick questions

You should be able to respond these questions without too much difficulty after studying this TLP. If not, and so you should go through it once again!

  1. Which one of the following statements about the (241) and (24one) planes is false?

  2. Does the [one22] direction lie in the (xxx1) aeroplane?

  3. When writing the index for a set of symmetrically related planes, which type of brackets should be used?

  4. Which of the <110> type directions lie in the (112) plane?

  5. What is the common direction between the (ithree 2) and (ane33) planes?

  6. Which set of planes in a cubic-close-packed structure (such as copper) is close packed?

Open up-ended questions

The following questions are not provided with answers, only intended to provide nutrient for thought and points for further word with other students and teachers.

  1. Exercise sketching some lattice planes. Make sure you lot can depict the {100}, {110} and {111} type planes in a cubic arrangement.

  2. Draw the trace of all the (121) planes intersecting a block two × 2 × 2 block of orthorhombic (a ≠ b ≠ c, α = β = γ = ninety°) unit cells.

  3. Sketch the arrangement of the lattice points on a {111} type plane in a face centred cubic lattice. Do the aforementioned for a {110} blazon airplane in a body centred cubic lattice. Compare your drawings. Why exercise y'all think the {110} type planes are often described as the "well-nigh close packed" planes in bcc?

Going farther

Books

[1] D. McKie and C. McKie, Crystalline Solids , Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1974.

A very comprehensive crystallography text.

[2] C. Hammond, The Basics of Crystallography and Diffraction , Oxford, 2001.

Chapter 5 covers lattice planes and directions. The residue of the book gives an introduction to crystallography and diffraction in general.

[iii] B.D. Cullity, Elements of 10-Ray Diffraction , Prentice Hall, 2003.

Covers X-Ray diffraction in detail. Affiliate two covers the crystallography required for this.

[4] C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid Land Physics, John Wiley and Sons, 2004.

Affiliate ane covers crystallography. The volume then goes on to cover a wide range of more than avant-garde solid state science.


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