General Characteristics of Solid State

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General Characteristics of Solid State: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, The Solid State & Properties of Solids etc.

Important Questions on General Characteristics of Solid State

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If an element in group 2 formed a compound with an element in group 17 of the periodic table, the compound formed is likely to _______

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The correct increasing order of forces of attraction between particles of water, sugar, oxygen is:

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A wooden table should be called a

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Three states of matter are _____, liquid and gas.

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The substances that cannot flow from a higher level to a lower level are/is:

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How are the properties of solids, liquids and gases different from each other?

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Intermolecular forces and intermolecular spaces define the properties of solids, liquids and gases. Explain the statement with examples.

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Give reasons for the following:
Intermolecular space in solids is negligible.

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Which of the following is not an example of fluid?

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Which of the following has the least intermolecular space?

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

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Which of the following cannot diffuse?

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Why the volume of solid is definite? 

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Why the solids are hard? 

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The ability of a substances to assume two or more crystalline structures is called 

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Among the following, which one is extensively used as a piezoelectric material?

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What is the ratio of number of closed packed atoms to tetrahedral holes in cubic close packing?

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In solid state which among the following exists as covalent crystals ?

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What is the length of a side of unit cell, if atoms of gold (atomic radius = 0.144 nm) crystallize in FCC lattice?

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Which among the following will show anisotropy?