Ionic Solids and their Structures

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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

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An ionic compound   A B 2  possesses  Ca F 2 type crystal structure. The coordination number of   A 2+ and   B ions in crystals of   A B 2  is:

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A compound AB has rock salt type structure. The formula weight of AB is 6.023 Y amu, and the closest AB distance is Y 1 3 nm, where Y is an arbitrary number. The density of lattice is

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

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The edge length of M+X- (fcc structure) is 7.2 Ao. Assuming M+-X- contact along the cell edge, calculate the radius of X- ion rM+=1.6 Ao?

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A student finds a crystal of NaCl having mass 58.5 mg. He uses some of it to prepare 0.05M,10 mLNaCl solution. How many unit cells are remained in the crystal ? NA=6×1023

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A crystal is made of particles A and B. A forms FCC packing and B 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 :




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The coordination number (CN) of a M2+ ion in MX2 is 8. Hence, CN of X- is-

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A solid compound XY has NaCl structure. If the radius of the cation is 100 pm, the radius of the anion Y- in pm will be

(Round of the answer up to four significant figures)

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

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What is the maximum possible radius of the anion, If the radius of cation is 200 pm in a solid AB (Rock-salt type) ?

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In NaCl 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

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The radius of the Na+ is 95 pm and that of Cl- ion is 181 pm. Predict the co-ordination number of Na+ :

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In an ionic compound A+X-, the radii of A+ and X- are 1 pm and 2 pm respectively. The volume of unit cell of crystal AX is .. and structure is similar to

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In fluorite unit cell

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In zinc blende (ZnS), distance between two closest Zn2+ ions is 5A then distance between two next closest S2- ions is -

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

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The mass of a unit cell of CsCl corresponds to:

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

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AB crystal has CsCl type structure. If edge length of unit cell is 100 pm then nearest distance between cation and anion is :-

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An ionic solid PQ crystallises in rock salt structure with density 4.0 gm/cm3.. If the radius of cation and anion is 83 and 167 pm respectively, then the molar mass of solid is NA=6×1023