Voids in crystal lattice

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Voids in crystal lattice: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Voids and Their Types, Octahedral and Tetrahedral Voids, Triangular Planar Voids & Cubical Voids etc.

Important Questions on Voids in crystal lattice

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The distance between an octahedral and a tetrahedral void in pm in FCC lattice would be: 

(Consider edge length is 7 pm)

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Column I (Type of crystal) Column II (Location of cations/anions) 
(A) NaCl  (p) Cations-fcc, Anions-all tetrahedral voids 
(B) ZnS (q) Anions-fcc, Cations-all tetrahedral voids
(C) CaF2 (r) Anions-fcc, Cations-all octahedral voids
(D) Na2O (s) Anions-fcc, Cations-alternate tetrahedral voids

 

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A molecule have radius ratio of r-r+ is more than 0.732. Which of the following void is presented in the molecule.

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A molecule have radius ratio of r-r+ is 0.200 . Which of the following void is presented in the molecule.

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The radius ratio of triangular planar radius is r+r-=

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Right option for the number of tetrahedral and octahedral voids in hexagonal primitive unit cell are:

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In a compound, atoms of element Y form cubic close packing lattice and those of element X occupy23 times  of tetrahedral voids. The formula of the compound will be

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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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The total number of tetrahedral voids in the face centred unit cell is

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In a carbon allotrope having FCC lattice, two atoms are at 0, 0, 0 and a8, a8, a8 coordinates. What is the ratio of C-C bond length distance to the edge length of the unit cell?

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In CaF2 crystal, Ca2+ ions are present in fcc arrangement, calculate the number of F- ions in the unit cell.

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 In a compound, oxide ions are arranged in cubic close packing arrangement. Cations A occupy 1/6 of the tetrahedral voids and cations B occupy 1/3 of the octahedral voids. The formula of the compound is
 

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For the structure given below the site marked as S is a :-

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The radius of Ag+ ion is 126 pm and I- ion is 216 pm. The co-ordination number of Ag+ ion is:-

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Which type of structure does RbCl have if ionic radii of Rb and IΘ respectively are 1.46 A°  and 2.16 A°:-

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An ionic compound is expected to have a tetrahedral structure if r+/r- lies in the range of

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The total number of tetrahedral voids in the face-centred unit cell is _____.

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The positions of C- ions in NaCl structure are:

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In a solid 'AB' having the NaCl structure, 'A' atoms occupy the every CCP and B atoms are in OHV. If all the face-centred atoms along one of the axes are removed, then the resultant stoichiometry of the solid is-
 

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The edge length of face centred cubic unit cell having rock salt structure is 508 pm. If the radius of the cation is 110pm, the radius of the anion is-