Tertahadral & Octahedral Voids, HCP & CCP
Concepts of Voids, HCP & CCP Arrangements Density of unit cell- Tetrahedral and Octahedral void- Tetrahedral Void- A simple triangular void in a crystal which is surrounded by four spheres is called tetrahedral void. A tetrahedral void is developed when triangular voids have contact with one sphere either in the upper layer or in the lower layer. Tetrahedral void means the tetrahedral arrangement of spheres. . Characteristics of tetrahedral void- (i) Ratio of radii of void and constituent particle is constant. r/R = 0.225 (ii) Co-ordination number of particle present in the void is 4 (iii) Each constituent particle makes two tetrahedron with three spheres above and three spheres below (iv) No. of tetrahedral voids = 2 ×No. of atoms = 2× octahedral voids Relationship B/W radius of void (r) and radius o