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Total volume of atoms present in a fcc unit cell of a metal with radius r is

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A cubic solid is made of two elements P and Q. Atom of Q are at the corners of the cube and P at the body centre. What is the formula of the compound? What are the coordination numbers of P and Q?
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The percentage of unoccupied volume in simple cubic cell is
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The correct order of the packing efficiency in different types of unit cells 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 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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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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In a face-centered cubic arrangement of A and B atoms, where A atoms are at the corners of the unit cell and B atoms are at the face center, two A atoms are missing. The simplest formula for this compound is ________
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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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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 has a body centered cubic (bcc) structure with a cell edge of 288 pm. The atomic radius is
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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 cubic unit cell structure of a compound containing cation M and anion X is shown below. When compared to the anion, the cation has smaller ionic radius. Choose the correct statement(s).

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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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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 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 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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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 vacant space in bcc lattice unit cell is:

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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