Imperfections in Solids

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Imperfections in Solids: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Imperfections in Crystalline Solids, Point Defects and Line Defects, Metal Excess Defects Due to Cations in Interstitial Spaces & Metal Deficiency Defects Due to Cationic Vacancies etc.

Important Questions on Imperfections in Solids

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Which of the following ionic compound will show Frenkel defect?

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Which of the following point defect of crystals decreases the density of a solid?

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Match the following:

Column I (Defect) Column II (Effect)
(A) Schottky defect (p) Crystal becomes coloured
(B) Doping silicon with aluminium (q) n-type semiconductor is formed
(C) Doping silicon with arsenic (r) p-type semiconductor is formed
(D) Heating NaCl crystal in presence of sodium vapour (s) Density of the crystal decreases

 

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No crystal is found to be prefect at room temperature. The defects present in the crystals can be stoichiometric or non-stoichiometric. Due to nonstoichiometric defects, the formula of the ionic compound is different from the ideal formula. For example, the ideal formula of ferrous oxide should be FeO but actually in one sample, it was found to be Fe0.93O. This is because the crystal may have some ferric ions in place of ferrous ions. These defects change the properties of the crystals. In some cases, defects are introduced to have crystals of desired properties as required in the field of electronics. Doping of elements of Group 14 with those of Group 13 or 15 is most common. In ionic compounds, usually impurities are introduced in which the cation has higher valency than the cation of the parent crystal, e.g., SrCl2 into NaCl.

Which one of the following defects does not affect the density of the crystal ?

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Which is/are incorrect for Schottky defect in rock salt type crystals:

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Which one of the following has both Schottky and Frenkel defects?

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Frenkel and Schottky defects are:

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Schottky Defect does not change the density of the solid.

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Frenkel and Schottky defects are:

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Transition metals show variable _____  states. Moreover, they have vacancies present in their metal lattice. Thus, they form interstitial compounds.

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How are the  properties of crystals affected by Schottky and Frenkel defects? Electrical conductivity

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How are the properties of crystals affected by Schottky and Frenkel defects? Density 
 

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What type of defect is shown by KCl and why?

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Which non-stoichiometric point defect responsible for colour in alkali metal halides?

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Which point defects in its crystal units alters the density of a solid?

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Why are the defects of the crystalline solids called thermodynamic defects?

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The composition of a sample of Wustite is Fe0.93O1.00. The percentage of Fe III ions present in the sample is about

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Experiment shows that Nickel oxide has the formula Ni0.96O1.00. What fraction of Nickel exists as of Ni2+ and Ni3+ ions?

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The composition of a sample of wurtzite is Fe0.93O1.00 what % of Iron present in the form of Fe3+?

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What is Frenkel defect? how does it affect density of the solid?