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Exercise - I (Only one option is correct)

1. A solid has a structure in which W atoms are 8. A solid is formed and it has three types of atoms
located at the corners of a cubic lattice, O X, Y, Z, X forms a FCC lattice with Y atoms
atom at the centre of the edges and Na atom occupying all the tetrahedral voids and Z atoms
occupying half the octrahedral voids. The
at centre of the cubic. The formula for the
formula of the solid is
compound is
(A) X2Y4Z (B) XY2Z4
(A)NaWO2 (B) NaWO3
(C) X4Y2Z (D) X4 YZ2
(C) Na2WO3 (D) NaWO4

9. The intermetallic compound LiAg crystallizes in

2. The density of CaF2 (fluorite structure) is 3.18 cubic lattice in which both lithium and silver
g/cm3. The length of the side of the unit cell is have coordination number of eight. The crystal
(A) 253 pm (B) 344 pm class is
(C) 546 pm (D) 273 pm (A) Simple cubic (B) Body centred cubic
(C) Face centred cubic (D) None

3. The coordination number of cation and anion in

Fluorite CaF2 and CsCl are respectively 10. A compound XY crystallizes in BCC lattice with
unit cell edge length of 480 pm. If the radius of
(A) 8 : 4 and 6 : 3 (B) 6 : 3 and 4 : 4 Y– is 225 pm, then the radius of X+ is
(C) 8 : 4 and 8 : 8 (D) 4 : 2 and 2 : 4
(A) 127.5 pm (B) 190.68 pm
(C) 225 pm (D) 255 pm
4. The interstitial hole is called tetrahedral because
(A) It is formed by four spheres 11. The mass of a unit cell of CsCl corresponds to
(B) Partly same and partly different. (A) 1 Cs+ and 1 Cl– (B) 1 Cs+ and 6 Cl–
+ –
(C) 4 Cs and 4 Cl (D) 8 Cs+ and 1 Cl–
(C) It is formed by four spheres the centres of
which form a regular tetrahedron.
12. In the closest packing of atoms A (radius : ra),
(D) None of the above three.
the radius of atom B that can be fitted into
tetrahedral voids is
5. The tetrahedral voids formed by ccp (A) 0.155 ra (B) 0.225 ra
arrangement of Cl– ions in rock salt structure (C) 0.414 ra (D) 0.732 ra
are
(A) Occupied by Na+ ions 13. Which one of the following schemes of ordering
(B) Occupied by Cl ions – closed packed sheets of equal sized spheres do
not generate close packed lattice.
(C) Occupied by either Na+ or Cl– ions
(A) ABCABC (B) ABACABAC
(D) Vacant (D) ABBAABBA (D) ABCBCABCBC

6. The number of nearest neighbours around each 14. An ionic compound AB has ZnS type structure.
particle in face-centred cubic lattice is If the radius A+ is 22.5 pm, then the ideal radius
of B– would be
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 12
(A) 54.35 pm (B) 100 pm
(C) 145.16 pm (D) none of these
7. If the anions (A) form hexagonal closest packing
and cations (C) occupy only 2/3 octahedral voids
15. NH4Cl crystallizes in a body-centered cubic type
in it, then the general formula of the compound
lattice with a unit cell edge length of 387 pm.
is The distance between the oppositively charged
(A) CA (B) CA2 ions in the lattice is
(C) C2A3 (D) C3A2 (A) 335.1 pm (B) 83.77 pm
(C) 274.46 pm (D) 137.23 pm

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16. Which of the following is incorrect about NaCl 7. Effective number of octahedral voids in a unit
structure ? cell is equal to the effective number of atoms in
(A) Nearest neighbours of Na+ ion is six Cl– ion the unit cell.
(B) Na+ ion make fcc lattice 8. Radius ratio for co-ordination number 4 having
tetrahedral and square planar geometry is same.
(C) Cl – ion pack in cubic close packed
arrangement 9. The radius ratio value for co-ordination number 4
having square Planar geometry and co-ordination
(D) There are eight next nearest neighbours of
number 6 having octahedral geometry is same.
Na+ ion
10. A metallic element crystallises into a lattice
containing a sequence of layers of AB AB AB
17. Which of the following will show schottky defect
....... Any packing of spheres leaves out voids in
(A) CaF2 (B) ZnS (C) AgCl (D) CsCl the lattice 26% percent by volume of this lattice
is empty space.
18. Give the correct order of initials T (true) or F 11. The relation between edge length (a) and radius
(False) for following statements. of atom (r) for BCC lattice is ___________.
I. In an anti-fluorite structure anions form FCC 12. The relation between edge length (a) and radius
lattice and cations occupy all tetrahedral voids. of atom (r) for FCC lattice is ___________.
II. If the radius of cations and anions are 0.2 Å 13. ABCABC ......... layering pattern is called
and 0.95 Å then coordinate number of cation in _________ packing, found in _________lattice.
the crystal is 4. 14. ABABAB ......... layering pattern is called
III. An atom/ion is transferred from a lattice ___________ packing, found in ___________
site to an interstitial position in Frenkel defect. lattice.
IV. Density of crystal always increases due to 15. Height (c) of the hexagonal primitive unit cell in
substitutinal impurity defect. terms of radius of atom (r) is ________________.
(A) TFFF (B) FTTF (C) TFFT (D) TFTF 16. Anions would be in contact with each other only
if the cation to anion radius for a given co-
ordination number is _____________
PROFICIENCY TEST
17. The number of tetrahedral voids in hexagonal
1. Crystalline solids are isotropic.
primitive unit cell is ___________.
2. Rhombohedral, triclinic and hexagonal are the unit
18. The limiting radius for co-ordination number 8 is
cells, which have only primitive arrangement
______________.
possible.
19. For cesium chloride structure, the interionic
3. Packing fraction of FCC and HP units cells are
distance (in terms of edge length, a) is equal to
same.
_________
4. The minimum void fraction for any unit cell in any
20. Density of a crystal ______________ due to
shape having only one type of atom and all voids
Schottky defect and ____________ due to
unfilled is 0.26.
Frankel defect.
5. Packing fraction of a lattice structure depends
on the radius of the atom crystallizing in it.
6. The location of tetrahedral voids in FCC unit cell
are the centers of 8 minicubes forming a large
cube.

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