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How will you distinguish between the following pairs of terms? 

Hexagonal close packing and cubic close packing.

Important Questions on The Solid State

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NaCl is a FCC lattice where Na+ ions are at corner and face centre positions. Chloride ions are at edge centres and body centre positions. How many NaCl formula units will be in an unit cell
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If the angle of incidence of X-ray of wavelength 3 Å which produces a second order diffracted beam from the 100 planes in a simple cubic lattice with interlayer spacing a=6  is 30o, the angle of incidence that produces a first - order diffracted beam from the 200 planes is
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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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The number of voids in 1 mole of a compounds forming a hcp structure are
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The FCC-crystal contains how many atoms in each unit cell?
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In a face centered cubic lattice atoms A are at the corner points and atoms B at the face centered points. If atom B is missing from one of the face centered points, the formula of the ionic compound is :
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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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A two-dimensional solid pattern formed by two different atoms X and Y is shown below. The black and white squares represent atoms X and Y , respectively. The simplest formula for the compound based on the unit cell from the pattern is

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A compound made up of elements A and B (with a general formula AxBy), where B form a hcp lattice and A occupy2/3rd of the tetrahedral voids. The formula of the compound is
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Polonium (atomic mass =209) crystallises in a simple cubic structure with a density of 9.32 g cm-3. Its lattice parameter (in pm) is closest to
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Atoms of an element Z form hexagonal closed packed hcp lattice and atoms of element X occupy all the tetrahedral voids. The formula of the compound is
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(a) Aluminium crystallizes in a cubic close-packed structure. Its metallic radius is 125 pm. What is the length of the side of the unit cell?

(b) Why is potassium chloride sometimes violet instead of pure white?

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The correct option for the number of body centred unit cells in all 14 types of Bravais lattice unit cells is:
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What is the number of atoms in end centered unit cell?

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How many Bravais lattices are possible in a crystal?
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A compound crystallises in a hcp arrangement. The total number of voids present in 0.5 mole of the crystal is
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A two dimensional solid is made by alternating circles with radius a and b such that the sides of the circles touch. The packing fraction is defined as the ratio of the area under the circles to the area under the rectangle with sides of length x and y.

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The ratio r=b/a for which the packing fraction is minimized is closest to:

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In a compound, atoms of elements Y form ccp lattice and those of element X occupy 2/3 rd of tetrahedral voids. The formula of the compound can be