
Sodium metal crystallizes in a body centred cubic lattice with unit cell edge of . The radius of sodium atom is approximately


Important Questions on Solid State
If the unit cell of mineral has cubic close packed (ccp) array oxygen atoms with fraction of octahedral holes occupied by aluminium ions and fraction of tetrahedral holes occupied by magnesium ions, and , respectively, are

Lithium has a bcc structure. Its density is and its atomic mass is . Calculate the edge length of a unit cell of lithium metal.



A metal crystallises in a face-centred cubic structure. If the edge length of its unit call is '', the closest approach between two atoms in metallic crystal will be


Iron exhibits bcc structure at room temperature. Above , it transforms to fcc structure. The ratio of density of iron at room temperature to that at (assuming molar mass and atomic radii of iron remains constant with temperature) is

