Question

Material propertiy which depend on material crystal structure only

Answer 1

reasons:

*Probably all thermophysical and mechanical properties depend to some degree (some more so than others) on crystal structure (morphology), but then each element which is solid has a preferred crystal structure.

*Interatomic spacing, as well as the inherent attraction between the atoms, affects properties like thermal conductivity and strength.

*Cubic structures are more isotropic due to symmetry.

*Crystals which are elongated in one or two of three directions exhibit anisotropies in their properties, i.e. the properties have a directional dependence.

*Hexagonal close-packed metals (e.g. Zr) have a property called 'texture' which relates to the fraction of grains with a particular orientation of the basal poles, or c-axis (normal to the basal plane) in a poly-crystalline phase.

*Most metals are found in a poly-crystalline as opposed to single-crystal structure.

*And within either configuration, some dislocations or holes in the lattice may occur.

*These too have important implications with respect to properties.