MATERIAL SCIENCE: CH 5 PRE-QUIZ VOCAB

alloy

a mixture of two or more elements that has metallic properties

anion

negatively charged ion

cation

positively charged ion

frenkel defect

a cation vacancy and nearby interstitial cation

interstitial site

refer to empty spaces where smaller atoms or ions can be accommodated

interstitial solute

atoms or ions that occupy the interstitial sites

lattice site

refers to the specific positions within a crystal lattice where atoms or ions are located

point imperfection (defect)

made according to the geometry or dimensionality of the defect

schottky defect

a nearby anion and cation are both missing

self interstitial

an atom from the crystal that is crowded into an interstitial site

solid solution

adding impurity atoms to a metal

solute

substance that is being dissolved

solvent

substance that dissolves the solute

substitutional solute

solute or atoms replace or substitute for the host atoms

vacancy 

where an atom is missing