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For the given close packed structure of a salt made of cation and anion shown below (ions of only one face are shown for clarity), the packing fraction is approximately (packing fraction )


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Important Questions on Solid State
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JEE Advanced
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The cubic unit cell structure of a compound containing cation and anion is shown below. When compared to the anion, the cation has smaller ionic radius. Choose the correct statement(s).

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JEE Advanced
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Consider an ionic solid , with structure. Construct a new structure , whose unit cell is constructed from the unit cell of , following the sequential instructions given below. Neglect the charge balance.
Remove all the anions , except the central one.
Replace all the face centered cations , by anions .
Remove all the corner cations .
Replace the central anion , with cation .
The value of in is _____.

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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 arrangement of X- ions around A+ ion in solid AX is given in the figure (not drawn to scale). If the radius of X- is 250 pm, the radius of A+ is

