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Comment on the statement "Quartz is crystalline SiO2 whereas silica glass is amorphous SiO2.

Important Questions on Solid State

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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Physical Chemistry Part - 2 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 1 - Solid State>DPP 1.1>Q 2
Under which situations, an amorphous substance change to crystalline form?
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Physical Chemistry Part - 2 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 1 - Solid State>DPP 1.1>Q 3
What are polymorphs? Give an example.
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Physical Chemistry Part - 2 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 1 - Solid State>DPP 1.1>Q 4
The internal arrangement of atoms is regular in crystalline solids, yet they are anisotropic in nature. Why?
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Physical Chemistry Part - 2 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 1 - Solid State>DPP 1.1>Q 5
Why uncharged atoms or molecules never crystallize in simple cubic structures?
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Physical Chemistry Part - 2 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 1 - Solid State>DPP 1.1>Q 5
Why can an end-centered unit cell not be cubic? What is the highest possible symmetry for this type of unit cell?
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Physical Chemistry Part - 2 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 1 - Solid State>DPP 1.1>Q 6
A crystal may have one or more axes of symmetry and one or more planes of symmetry but it possesses atmost:
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Physical Chemistry Part - 2 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 1 - Solid State>DPP 1.1>Q 7
TiO2 is well known example of
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Physical Chemistry Part - 2 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 1 - Solid State>DPP 1.1>Q 8
A compound contains two types of atoms X and Y. Its crystal structure is a cubic lattice with X atoms at the corner of the unit cells and Y atoms at the body centres. The simplest formula is