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Iron crystalizes in FCC with an edge length of 400pm. If it contains 0.1% Schottky defects, calculate its approximate density [AW of Fe=56 g/mol]

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The percentage of unoccupied volume in simple cubic cell is
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Consider the bcc unit cells of the solids 1 and 2 with the position of atoms as shown below. The radius of atom B  is twice that of atom A. The unit cell edge length is 50 % more in solid 2 than in 1 . What is the approximate packing efficiency in solid 2 ?

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An element with molar mass 2.7×102 kg mol1 forms a cubic unit cell with edge length 405 pm. If its density is 2.7×103 kg m-3, the radius of the element is approximately .×10-12m (to the nearest integer)
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At 100oC,  copper Cu has FCC unit cell structure with cell edge length of x  . What is the approximate density of Cu (in g cm-3 ) at this temperature?

Atomic Mass of Cu=63.55 u
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The correct order of the packing efficiency in different types of unit cells is
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The density of a solid X is 1.5 g/cm3 at 250oC. If the atoms are assumed sphere of radius 2.0 A, the percentage of solid having empty space is
(Given atomic weight of X=60 g mol-1
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In the following sentence, a blank space with four options is given. Select whichever preposition or determiner you consider the most appropriate for the blank space.

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Iron crystallizes in several modifications. At about 911oC, the bcc 'α' form undergoes a transition to fcc 'γ' form. If the distance between two nearest neighbours is the same in the two forms at the transition temperature, what is the ratio of the density of iron in fcc form ρ2 to the iron in bcc form ρ1 at the transition temperature?
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A diatomic molecule X2 has a body-centred cubic (bcc) structure with a cell edge of 300 pm. The density of the molecule is 6.17 gcm-3. The number of molecules present in 200 g of X2 is :
(Avogadro constant NA=6×1023mol-1)
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The number of atoms in 2.4 g of body centred cubic crystal with edge length 200 pm is (density =10 g cm-3, NA=6×1023 atoms mol-1)
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A metallic element has a cubic lattice. Each edge of the unit cell is 2 A. and the density of metal is 25 g cm3. The unit cell in 200 g of metal are
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How many number of unit cells are present in 100 g of an element with FCC crystal having density 10 g/cm3 and edge length 100 pm?
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The ratio of packing efficiency in FCC, BCC and simple cubic structure respectively, with respect to that of FCC structures is
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Copper (Atomic mass = 63.5) crystallizes in a FCC lattice and has density 8.93g.cm-3. The radius of copper atom is closest to
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