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An element crystallizes both in fcc and bcc lattice. If the density of the element in the two forms is the same, the ratio of unit cell length of fcc to that of bcc lattice is

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If same type of atoms are packed in hexagonal close packing and cubic close packing separately, then
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How many number of unit cells are present in 100 g of an element with FCC crystal having density 10 g/cm3 and edge length 100 pm?
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A metal crystallizes in two phases, one as fcc and another as bcc with unit cell edge lengths of 3.5 A° and 3.0 A°, respectively. The ratio of density of fcc and bcc phases approximately is
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Calcium metal crystallizes in an f.c.c. lattice with edge length 0.556 nm. If it contains 0.5% Frenkel defects, the density of the metal is
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A diatomic molecule X2 has a body-centred cubic (bcc) structure with a cell edge of 300 pm. The density of the molecule is 6.17 gcm-3. The number of molecules present in 200 g of X2 is :
(Avogadro constant NA=6×1023mol-1)
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An element crystallises in fcc lattice. If edge length of the unit cell is 4.07×10-8 cm and density is 10.5 g cm-3. Calculate the atomic mass of element.
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Calculate the number of unit cells in 38.6 g of noble metal having density 19.3 g cm-3 and volume of one unit cell is 6.18×10-23 cm3?
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Iron exhibits BCC structure at room temperature. Above 900°C, it transforms to FCC structure. The ratio of the density of iron at room temperature to that at 900°C is (assuming molar mass and atomic radii of iron remains constant with temperature)
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Lithium has a bcc structure. Its density is 530 kg m-3 and its atomic mass is 6.94 g mol-1 . Calculated the edge length of a unit cell of Lithium metal. NA=6.02×1023 mol-1
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A metallic element has a cubic lattice. Each edge of the unit cell is 2 A. and the density of metal is 25 g cm3. The unit cell in 200 g of metal are
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The edge length of a solid possessing cubic unit cell is 22r (structure I), based on hard sphere model, which upon subjecting to a phase transition, a new cubic structure (structure II) having an edge length of 4r3 is obtained, where r is the radius of the hard sphere. Which of the following statements is true ?

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At 100oC,  copper Cu has FCC unit cell structure with cell edge length of x  . What is the approximate density of Cu (in g cm-3 ) at this temperature?

Atomic Mass of Cu=63.55 u
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A metal crystallises in BCC lattice with unit cell edge length of 300pm and density 6.15gcm-3. The molar mass of the metal is
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Copper crystallises with fcc unit cell. If the radius of copper atom is 127.8pm, calculate the density of copper? (at. Mass, Cu=63.55 g mole-1)
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Copper crystallizes in an FCC unit cell with cell edge of  3.608×108cm. The density of copper is  8.92 g/cm3, Calculate the atomic mass of copper.
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Sodium metal crystallizes in a body centred cubic lattice with a unit cell edge of 4.29  . The radius of sodium atom is approximately:
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Iron crystallizes in several modifications. At about 911oC, the bcc 'α' form undergoes a transition to fcc 'γ' form. If the distance between two nearest neighbours is the same in the two forms at the transition temperature, what is the ratio of the density of iron in fcc form ρ2 to the iron in bcc form ρ1 at the transition temperature?
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The density of a solid X is 1.5 g/cm3 at 250oC. If the atoms are assumed sphere of radius 2.0 A, the percentage of solid having empty space is
(Given atomic weight of X=60 g mol-1
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The number of atoms in 2.4 g of body centred cubic crystal with edge length 200 pm is (density =10 g cm-3, NA=6×1023 atoms mol-1)
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Copper (Atomic mass = 63.5) crystallizes in a FCC lattice and has density 8.93g.cm-3. The radius of copper atom is closest to