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A unit cell of BaCl2 (fluorite structure) is made up of eight Ba2+ ions and four Cl- ions.

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Important Questions on The Solid State

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In a binary compound, atoms of element A form a hcp structure and those of element M occupy 2/3 of the tetrahedral voids of the hcp structure. The formula of the binary compound is:
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A crystal is made up of metal ions 'M1' and 'M2' and oxide ions. Oxide ions form a ccp lattice structure. The cation 'M1' occupies 50% of octahedral voids and the cation 'M2' occupies 12.5 % of tetrahedral voids of oxide lattice. The oxidation numbers of 'M1' and 'M2' are respectively :
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Ga (atomic mass 70 u) crystallizes in a hexagonal close packed structure. The total number of voids in 0.581 g of Ga is ________ ×1021. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).
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In CCP arrangement, the total number of octahedral voids are _________
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If the unit cell of a mineral has cubic close packed (ccp) array of oxygen atoms with m fraction of octahedral holes occupied by aluminium ions and n fraction of tetrahedral holes occupied by magnesium ions, m and n, respectively, are
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The empirical formula for a compound with a cubic close packed arrangement of anions and with cations occupying all the octahedral sites in Ax B. The value of x is (Integer answer)
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In a cubic closed packed structure of mixed oxide, the oxide ions are in CCP arrangement. 16 of tetrahedral voids are occupied by cations A and 12 of octahedral voids are occupied by cations B. The formula of the oxide is
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In a metallic oxide, oxide ions are arranged in cubic close packing. One-sixth of the tetrahedral voids are occupied by cations p and one-third of octahedral voids are occupied by the cation Q'. Deduce the formula of the compound'.
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An element has a face-centered cubic fcc structure with a cell edge of a. The distance between the centres of two nearest tetrahedral voids in the lattice is
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A compound is formed by cation C and anion A . The anions form hexagonal close packed (hcp) lattice and the cations occupy 75% of octahedral voids. The formula of the compound is:
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A compound forms hexagonal close packed (hcp) structure. What is the total number of voids in 0.5 mol of it? How many of these are tetrahedral voids?
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An ionic compound is formed between a metal M and non-metal Y. If M occupies half the octahedral voids in the cubic close - packed arrangement formed by Y, the chemical formula of the ionic compound is
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What is the formula of a compound in which the element Y forms CCP lattice and atoms X occupy 13rdof tetrahedral voids.
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A crystalline solid is made up of X and Y atoms, X atoms possesses CCP structure and Y atoms are arranged in tetrahedral voids. If all the atoms situated on a diagonal of one side are removed, what will be the molecular formula of the crystalline solid?
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A compound is formed by two elements M and N. The element N forms ccp and M atom occupies 13 of the tetrahedral voids. The formula of the compound is
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The number of tetrahedral voids present per atom in a cubic close packed structure is _____ .
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If the radius of the octahedral void is 'r' and radius of the atoms in close-packing is 'R'. Derive relation between r and R.

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An element crystallises in a face–centred cubic (fcc) unit cell with cell edge a. The distance between the centres of two nearest octahedral voids in the crystal lattice is:

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The total number of octahedral void (s) per atom present in a cubic close packed structure is :
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A compound of formula A2B3 has the HCP lattice. Which atom forms the HCP lattice and what fraction of the tetrahedral voids are occupied by the other atoms?