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In diamond, carbon atoms occupy FCC lattice points, as well as alternate tetrahedral voids. If the edge length of the unit cell is 356 pm, then the diameter of the carbon atom is:

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Which of the following is correct?
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Which of the following statements is false?
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Paramagnetic substances are those in which the individual atoms, ions or molecules possess a permanent magnetic dipole moment. In the absence of an external magnetic field, the atomic dipoles of paramagnetic substances are as
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Copper has a face-centred cubic structure with a unit-cell edge length of 3.61 Å. What is the size of the largest atom (in pm), which could fit into the interstices of the copper lattice without distorting it?

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A face-centred cubic solid of an element (atomic mass 60) has a cube edge of 4.0 Å Calculate its density.
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An element X (atomic weight=125) crystallizes in a simple cubic lattice. The diameter of the largest atom A which can be placed in the void of the lattice of X without disturbing its unit cell is 366 pm. The density of pure element X in g/cm3 is
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A metal crystallizes in two cubic phases FCC and BCC, whose unit cell lengths are 3.5 and 3.0 Å, respectively. The ratio of their densities is
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The density of a pure substance 'A' whose atoms are packed in a cubic-close packed arrangement is 1 g cc-1. If B atoms can occupy tetrahedral void and all the tetrahedral voids are occupied by 'B' atoms, what is the density of resulting solid in g cc-1? [Atomic mass (A)=30 g mol-1 and atomic mass (B)=50 g mol-1].