Structure of Ionic Compounds
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
An ionic compound possesses type crystal structure. The coordination number of and ions in crystals of is:

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

The edge length of unit cell of sodium chloride is . If the size of ion , the size of ion would be

A student finds a crystal of having mass He uses some of it to prepare solution. How many unit cells are remained in the crystal ?

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

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

In 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

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

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

An ionic solid crystallises in rock salt structure with density . If the radius of cation and anion is and respectively, then the molar mass of solid is

The radius of ion is and ion is . The co-ordination number of ion is:-

What will be value of in crystal having edge length ?

The positions of ions in structure are:

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

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

An ionic crystal lattice has radius ratio of . Its coordination number is

The structure can be converted into structure:-

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

The distance between and in crystal is more than half of edge length.
The number of triangular voids in the given arrangement in the enclosed region is .
In structure, and ions are present in each unit cell.

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