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Discuss the End-centred unit cell.

Important Questions on Solid State

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In a metallic gold crystal, there is cubic centred lattice. What is the approximate number of unit cells present in 2.0 g of gold? Atomic weight of gold is 179.
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What is the number of atoms in end centered unit cell?

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Differentiate between primitive unit cell and centred unit cell.
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An alloy of gold (Au) and cadmium (Cd) crystallises with a cubic structure in which gold atoms occupy the corners and cadmium atoms fit into the face centres. What is the formula of this alloy?

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Distinguish between Crystal Lattice and Unit Cell.
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A metallic element has a cubic lattice. Each edge of the unit cell is2A°'. The density of the metal is 2.5g cm-3. The unit cell in 200g of the metal are
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Consider an ionic solid MX, with NaCl structure. Construct a new structure Z, whose unit cell is constructed from the unit cell of MX, following the sequential instructions given below. Neglect the charge balance.

(i) Remove all the anions X, except the central one.

(ii) Replace all the face centered cations M, by anions X.

(iii) Remove all the corner cations M.

(iv) Replace the central anion X, with cation M.

The value of number of anionsnumber of cations in Z is _____.
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Atoms of an element A form an fcc lattice, while those of element B occupy half of the octahedral holes. The chemical formula for the compound formed by the elements A and B is
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A compound formed by elements X and Y crystallises in the cubic structure, where X atoms are at the corners of a cube and Y atoms are at the centre of the body. The formula of the compounds is
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What fraction of one edge centred octahedral void lies in one unit cell of fcc?
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An element occurring in the BCC structure has 12.05×1023 unit cells. The total number of atoms of the element in these cells will be
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A unit cell of calcium fluoride has four calcium ions. The number of fluoride ions in the unit cell is
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In calcium fluoride, having the fluorite structure, the coordination numbers for calcium ion Ca2+ and fluoride ion F- are
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The FCC-crystal contains how many atoms in each unit cell?
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The cubic unit cell structure of a compound containing cation M and anion X is shown below. When compared to the anion, the cation has smaller ionic radius. Choose the correct statement(s).

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