
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


Important Questions on Solid State
Copper has a face-centred cubic structure with a unit-cell edge length of . What is the size of the largest atom (in pm), which could fit into the interstices of the copper lattice without distorting it?
[Hint: Calculate the radius of the smallest circle in the figure.]




The density of a pure substance '' whose atoms are packed in a cubic-close packed arrangement is . If atoms can occupy tetrahedral void and all the tetrahedral voids are occupied by '' atoms, what is the density of resulting solid in Atomic mass and atomic mass .

A metal cystallises into two cubic phases, f.c.c and b.c.c. whose unit-cell lengths are and . Calculate the ratio of densities of f.c.c. and b.c.c.
Give answer after multiplying with 100 and rounding off to the nearest integer value.

