
In the sodium chloride structure, each ion is surrounded by six ions nearest neighbours and
ions next nearest neighbours.


Important Questions on Solid State

A unit cell of sodium chloride has four formula units. The edge length of the unit cell is . What is the density of sodium chloride?

Chromium metal crystallises with a body-centred cubic lattice. The length of the unit cell edge is found to be . Calculate the atomic radius. What would be the density of chromium in ?


Molybdenum forms body-centred cubic crystals and at the density is . Calculate the distance between the centres of the nearest molybdenum atoms.

In the cubic crystal of , the eight corners are occupied by with a at the centre and vice versa. Calculate the distance between the neighbouring and ions. What is the radius ratio of the two ions? [At. Masses: ].


