Packing in Voids of Ionic Solids

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Packing in Voids of Ionic Solids: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Rock Salt Structure,Zinc Blende Structure,Radius Ratio etc.

Important Questions on Packing in Voids of Ionic Solids

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In which of the following crystals, the alternate tetrahedral voids are occupied?

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Ionic radii of cation A+ and anion B- are 102 and 181 pm respectively. These ions are allowed to crystallise into an ionic solid. This crystal has cubic close packing for B- . A+ is present in all octahedral voids. The edge length of the unit cell of the crystal AB is _____ pm. (Nearest Integer)

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In BeO (Zinc Blende structure), Mg2+ is introduced in available tetrahedral voids. Then ions are removed from a single body diagonal of the unit cell. What will be the molecular formula of the unit cell?

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The structure of CsCl is different from NaCl though both have similar formula. Give reason.

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The edge length of M+X- (fcc structure) is 7.2 Ao. Assuming M+-X- contact along the cell edge, calculate the radius of X- ion rM+=1.6 Ao?

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The edge length of unit cell of sodium chloride is 564pm. If the size of Cl-ion 181pm, the size of Na+ion would be

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Number of unit cells in 10 g NaCl

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In a NaCl structure, if positions of Na atoms and Cl atoms are interchanged, then in the new unit cell

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If radius of an octahedral void is r and atomic radius of atoms assuming cubical close packing is R. Then the relation between r and R is

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If radius of a metal atom A is 5 pm and radius of an electronegative atom B is 20 pm, then in the unit cell

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A student finds a crystal of NaCl having mass 58.5 mg. He uses some of it to prepare 0.05M,10 mLNaCl solution. How many unit cells are remained in the crystal ? NA=6×1023

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A crystal is made of particles A and B. A forms FCC packing and B occupies all the octahedral voids. If all the particles along the plane as shown in figure are removed, then, the formula of the crystal would be :




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A solid compound XY has NaCl structure. If the radius of the cation is 100 pm, the radius of the anion Y- in pm will be

(Round of the answer up to four significant figures)

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If the radius ratio is in the range of 0.414-0.732, then the coordination number will be

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If in NaCl crystal all ions present along one axis passing through centre of two opposite faces are removed then formula of the crystal will be:

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What is the maximum possible radius of the anion, If the radius of cation is 200 pm in a solid AB (Rock-salt type) ?

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In NaCl solid, if all the ions are removed along one of the axes joining the centres of any two diagonally opposite edges in a unit cell, then the resulting stoichiometry of the solid is

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The radius of the Na+ is 95 pm and that of Cl- ion is 181 pm. Predict the co-ordination number of Na+ :

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In an ionic compound A+X-, the radii of A+ and X- are 1 pm and 2 pm respectively. The volume of unit cell of crystal AX is .. and structure is similar to

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In zinc blende (ZnS), distance between two closest Zn2+ ions is 5A then distance between two next closest S2- ions is -