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Show that in a cubic close packed structure, eight tetrahedral voids are present per unit cell.

Important Questions on The Solid State

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A solid translucent material exhibited different optical clarity when seen through, from different side. What is the reason of such observation?
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Give two examples of substances which have same chemical composition but have different crystalline characters.
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Which type of molecular solids is supposed to be harder and why?
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Which one of the following is an example of molecular solid CO2 or SiO2?
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Discuss the placing of the third layer over the second layer, during close packing when tetrahedral voids are covered.
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Discuss the placing of the third layer over the second layer, during close packing. When octahedral voids are covered.
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Niobium crystallizes in body centered cubic structure. If its density is 8.55 g cm-3, calculate the atomic radius of niobium given its atomic mass is 93 u.
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Explain the Frenkel defect giving a suitable example.