Structure of Ionic Compounds

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Structure of Ionic Compounds: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Zinc Blende Structure, Fluorite Structure, Antifluorite Structure, Radius Ratio, Rock Salt Structure, Caesium Chloride Structure and, Relation between Radius Ratio, Coordination Number and Arrangement of Lattice Points

Important Questions on Structure of Ionic Compounds

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An ionic compound   A B 2  possesses  Ca F 2 type crystal structure. The coordination number of   A 2+ and   B ions in crystals of   A B 2  is:

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

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

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What is the value of radius ratio of ionic crystal having coordination number six?

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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 interionic distance between cation and anion in caesium chloride crystal will be :-

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In NaCl crystal, the number of nearest neighbours of each Na+ ions are:-

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An ionic solid PQ crystallises in rock salt structure with density 4.0 gm/cm3.. If the radius of cation and anion is 83 and 167 pm respectively, then the molar mass of solid is NA=6×1023 

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The radius of Ag+ ion is 126 pm and I- ion is 216 pm. The co-ordination number of Ag+ ion is:-

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What will be value of rCs++rCr in CsCl crystal having edge length 'a'?

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The positions of C- ions in NaCl structure are:

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In a solid 'AB' having the NaCl structure, 'A' atoms occupy the every CCP and B atoms are in OHV. If all the face-centred atoms along one of the axes are removed, then the resultant stoichiometry of the solid is-
 

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The edge length of face centred cubic unit cell having rock salt structure is 508 pm. If the radius of the cation is 110pm, the radius of the anion is-
 

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An ionic crystal lattice has r+/r- radius ratio of 0.524. Its coordination number is

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The NaCl structure can be converted into CsCl structure:-

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Which of the following is/are not correct with respect to Zinc Blende structure?

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S1: The distance between Na+ and Cl- in NaCl crystal is more than half of edge length.

S2: The number of triangular voids in the given arrangement in the enclosed region is 3.

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S3: In ZnS structure, 2 Zn2+ and 2 S2- ions are present in each unit cell.

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In a solid, S2-ions are packed in FCC lattice. Zn2+ occupy half of the tetrahedral voids in an alternating arrangement. Now if a plane is cut (as shown) then the cross-section would be:

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