Ionic Solids and their Structures
Ionic Solids and their Structures: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Radius Ratio, Relation between Radius Ratio, Normal Spinal Structure & Inverse Spinel Structure etc.
Important Questions on Ionic Solids and their Structures
An ionic compound possesses type crystal structure. The coordination number of and ions in crystals of is:

A compound AB has rock salt type structure. The formula weight of AB is 6.023 Y amu, and the closest AB distance is nm, where Y is an arbitrary number. The density of lattice is

In which of the following crystals, the alternate tetrahedral voids are occupied?

The edge length of ( structure) is . Assuming contact along the cell edge, calculate the radius of ion

A student finds a crystal of having mass He uses some of it to prepare solution. How many unit cells are remained in the crystal ?

A crystal is made of particles and . A forms packing and occupies all the octahedral voids. If all the particles along the plane as shown in figure are removed, then, the formula of the crystal would be :

The coordination number (CN) of a ion in is . Hence, CN of is-

A solid compound has structure. If the radius of the cation is , the radius of the anion in pm will be
(Round of the answer up to four significant figures)

If in crystal all ions present along one axis passing through centre of two opposite faces are removed then formula of the crystal will be:

What is the maximum possible radius of the anion, If the radius of cation is in a solid (Rock-salt type) ?

In solid, if all the ions are removed along one of the axes joining the centres of any two diagonally opposite edges in a unit cell, then the resulting stoichiometry of the solid is

The radius of the is and that of ion is Predict the co-ordination number of

In an ionic compound , the radii of and are and respectively. The volume of unit cell of crystal is and structure is similar to


In zinc blende , distance between two closest ions is then distance between two next closest ions is -

The interionic distance between cation and anion in caesium chloride crystal will be :-

The mass of a unit cell of corresponds to:

In crystal, the number of nearest neighbours of each ions are:-

crystal has type structure. If edge length of unit cell is then nearest distance between cation and anion is :-

An ionic solid crystallises in rock salt structure with density . If the radius of cation and anion is and respectively, then the molar mass of solid is
