Oxygen atoms forms fcc unit cell with 'A' atoms occupying all tetrahedral voids and 'B' atoms occupying all octahedral voids. If atoms are removed from two of the body diagonals then  the formula of resultant compound formed is: 

  • A4B4O7

  •  A8B6O7

  •  A8B8O7

  •  A6B8O6

A solid has a structure in which W atoms are located at the corners of a cubic lattice. Oxygen atom at the centre of the edges and Na atom at centre of the cube. The formula of the compound is 

  • NaWO2

  •  NaWO3

  •  Na2WO3

  •  NaWO4

An element (atomic mass = 100 g mole) having a BCC structure has a unit cell edge of 400 pm. The density of the element is :

  • 10.37 g/cm3

  • 5.20 g/cm3
  • 7.28 g/cm3
  • 2.14 g/cm3

The radius of Ag+ ion is 126 pm and that I- ion is 216 pm. The coordination number of Agion is

  • 2
  • 4
  • 6
  • 8

Schottky defect occurs mainly in electrovalent compounds where :

  • Positive ions have large sizes.

  • Negative ions have small sizes.

  • Positive and negative ions are of similar size.

  • Positive ions are big and negative ions are small.

Analysis shows that an oxide ore of  nickel has formula  Ni0.98O1.00. The percentage of nickel as Ni3+ ions is nearly

  • 2

  • 96

  • 4

  • 98

The appearance of color in solid alkali metal halides is generally due to:-

  • Frenkel Defect

  • Interstitial Defect

  • F-Centres

  • Schottky Defect

CsBr has a (bcc) arrangement and its unit cell edge length is 400 pm. Calculate the interionic distance in CsBr.

  • 346.4 pm

  • 643 pm

  • 66.31 pm

  • 431.5 pm

MgO and NaCl has similar structure. In MgO , magnesium is surrounded by how many oxygen atoms :

  •   2
  •   4
  •   6
  •   1

Ice crystallizes in a hexagonal lattice having the volume of the unit cell as 132×10-24 cm3. If the density is 0.92 g/cm3 at a given temperature, then number of  H2O molecules per unit cell is : 

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

AB crystallizers in a body-centred cubic lattice with edge length a equal to 387 pm. The distance between two oppositely charged ions in the lattice is : 

  • 250 pm

  • 200 pm

  • 300 pm

  • 335 pm

In a face centred cubic lattice, atom A occupies the corner positions and atom B occupies the face
centre positions. If one atom of B is missing from one of the face centred points, the formula of the compound is

1.AB2

2.A2B3

3.A2B5

4.A2B

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Percentage of free space in cubic close packed structure and in body centered packed structure are respectively:

  • 48% and 26%

  • 30% and 26%

  • 26% and 32%

  • 32% and 48%

Packing fraction of simple cubic crystal lattice is 

  • 38%

  • 74%

  • 68%

  • 52.4%

In which of the following crystals alternate tetrahedral voids are occupied : 

  • NaCl

  • ZnS

  • CaF2

  • Na2O

In a metal oxide, the oxide ions are arranged in hexagonal close packing and metal ions occupy two third of the octahedral voids. The formula of the oxide is : 

  • MO

  • M2O3

  • MO2

  • M2O

The edge length of fcc unit cell of NaCl is 508 pm. If the radius of cation is 110 pm, then the radius of the anion is : 

  • 144 pm

  • 249 pm

  • 288 pm

  • 398 pm

A crystal is made of particle X, Y & Z. X forms FCC packing, Y occupies all octahedral

voids of X and Zoccupies all tetrahedral voids of X, if all the particles along one body

diagonal is removed then the formula of the crystal would be –

  • XYZ2

  • X2YZ2

  • X5Y4Z5

  • X5Y4Z8

In a hypothetical solid C atoms are found to form cubical close packed lattice. Aatoms occupy all tetrahedral vioids& B atoms occupy all octahedral voids. A and B atoms are of appropriate size, so that there is no distortion in CCP lattice of C atoms. Now if a plane as shown in the following figure is cut.

Then the cross section of this plane will look like.

In hexagonal close packing of sphere in three dimensions.

  • In one unit cell there are 12 octahedral voids and all are completely inside the unit cell.

  • In one unit cell there are six octahedral voids and all are completely inside the unit cell.

  • In one unit cell there are six octahedral void and of which three are completely inside the unit cell and other three are partially inside the unit cell.

  • In one unit cell there are 12 tetrahedral voids, all are completely inside the unit cell.

Diamond has face-centred cubic lattice. There are two atoms at (0,0,0) and 14,14,14coordinates.The ratio of the carbon-carbon bond distance to the edge of the unit cell is

  • 316

  • 4

  • 14

  • 12

Spinel is an important class of oxides consisting of two types of metal ions with the oxide ions arranged inCCP pattern. The normal spinel has 1/ 8 of the tetrahedral holes occupied by one type of metal ion and 1/2 of the octahedral holes occupied by another type of metal ion. Such a spinel is formed by Zn2+, A13* and 02-with Zn2+ in the tetrahedral holes. If CCP arrangement of oxide ions remains undistorted in the presence of all the cations, formula of spinel and fraction of the packing fraction of crystal are respectively :

  • ZnAl2O4 , 77%

  • ZnAl2O4, 74%

  • Zn2AlO4, 74%

  • Zn3Al2O6,74%

What is the maximum number of layers of atoms in close packed planes that will lie within two imaginaryparallel planes having a distance between them of 1323 R (where R is the radius of atom) in the coppercrystal (FCC) ? Consider the atoms to be within the parallel planes if their centresare on or within the two parallel planes.

  • 5

  • 6

  • 7

  • 8

Analysis show that nickel oxide consist of nickel ion with 96% ions having d8 configuration and 4% having d7 configuration. Which amongst the following best represents the formula of the oxide.

  • (1) Ni02O1.00

  • (2) Ni0.96O1.00

  • (3) Ni0.96O0.98

  • (4) Ni0.98O1.00

PCl5 molecule has

  • three fold axis of symmetry

  • two fold axis of symmetry

  • both

  • none of these

Which of the following statements is correct about the conduction of electricity in pure crystal of silicon atroom temperature?

  • The conduction is due to electrons present in fully occupied lowest energy states.

  • The conduction is due to only some electrons capable of leaving the bonds at room temperature.

  • The conduction is only due to the holes formed from the release of electrons.

  • The conduction is due to the movement of both the electrons released and holes formed.

Calculate the Miller indices of crystal planes which cut through the crystal axes at (i) (2a, 3b, c), (ii) (∞, 2b, c )

  • 3, 2, 6 and 0, 1, 2

  • 4, 2, 6 and 0, 2, 1

  • 6, 2, 3 and 0, 0, 1

  • 7, 2, 3 and 1, 1, 1

Caculate the distance between 111 planes in a crystal of Ca. Repeat the calculation for the 222 planes. (a = 0.556nm)

  • 016.1 nm

  • 0.161 nm

  • 0.610 nm

  • None of the above

A metallic element crystallizes into a lattice containing a sequence of layers of ABABAB ............ Any packing of spheres leaves out voids in the lattice. The percentage by volume of empty space of this is

  • 26%

  • 21%

  • 18%

  • 16 %

Silver metal crystallises in a cubic closest – packed arrangement with the edge of the unit cell having a length a = 407 pm. What is the radius of silver atom.

  • 143.9 pm

  • 15.6 pm

  • 11.59 pm

  • 13.61 pm

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