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The density of copper metal is 8.95 g cm3. If the radius of copper atom be 127.8 pm, is the copper unit cell simple cubic, body-centred cubic or face-centred cubic? (Given: atomic mass of Cu = 63.54 g mol1 and NA = 6.02 × 1023 mol1)

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If 'a' stands for the edge length of the cubic system: simple cubic, body-centred cubic and face-centred cubic, the ratio of radii of the spheres in these systems will be respectively
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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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The percentage of unoccupied volume in simple cubic cell is
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Iron exhibits BCC structure at room temperature. Above 900°C, it transforms to FCC structure. The ratio of the density of iron at room temperature to that at 900°C is (assuming molar mass and atomic radii of iron remains constant with temperature)
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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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If a the length of the side of a cube, the distance between the body centered atom one corner atom in the cube will be
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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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A given metal crystallises out with a cubic structure having edge length of 361 pm. If there are four metal atoms in one unit cell, what is the radius of one atom?
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An element has a body centered cubic (bcc) structure with a cell edge of 288 pm. The atomic radius is
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Sodium metal crystallizes in a body centred cubic lattice with a unit cell edge of 4.29  . The radius of sodium atom is approximately:
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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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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 metal crystallises in face centred cubic structure with metallic radius 2 A°. The volume of the unit cell (in m3 ) is
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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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Sodium crystallizes in bcc structure with radius 1.86×10-8 cm. What is the edge length of unit cell of sodium?
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A metal crystallizes in a face centred cubic structure. If the edge length of its unit cell is 'a', the closest approach between two atoms in the metallic crystal will be
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Lithium has a bcc structure. Its density is 530 kg m-3 and its atomic mass is 6.94 g mol-1 . Calculated the edge length of a unit cell of Lithium metal. NA=6.02×1023 mol-1
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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?