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Assignments

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LEVEL I (CBSE LEVEL)

1.

An element crystallizes in a structure having a FCC unit cell of an edge 200 pm.
Calculate its density if 200g of this element contains 24 1023 atoms.

2.

Copper crystal has a face centred cubic structure. Atomic radius of copper atom is 128
pm. What is the density of copper metal? Atomic mass of copper is 63.5.

3.

An element occurs in BCC structure with a cell edge of 288 pm. The density of metal is
7.2 g cm3. How many atoms does 208g of the element contain?

4.

The density of crystalline sodium chloride is 2.165 g cm3. What is the edge length of the
unit cell. What would be the dimensions of cube containing one mole of NaCl?

5.

The density of potassium bromide crystal is 2.75 g cm3 and the length of an edge of a
unit cell is 654 pm. The unit cell of KBr is one of three types of cubic unit cells. How
many formula units of KBr are there in a unit cell? Does the unit cell have a NaCl or CsCl
structure?

6.

When heated above 916C, iron changes its crystal structure from bodycentred cubic to
cubic closed packed structure. Assuming that the metallic radius of the atom does not
change, calculate the ratio of density of the BCC crystal to that of the CCP crystal.

7.

The unit cell length of NaCl is observed to be 0.5627 nm by Xray diffraction studies; the
measured density of NaCl is 2.164 g cm3, Correlate the difference of observed and
calculated density and calculate % of missing Na+ and Cl ions.

8.

CsCl has cubic structure of ions in which Cs+ ion is present in the body centre of the cube.
If density is 3.99g cm3.
a) Calculate the length of the edge of a unit cell.
b) What is the distance between Cs+ and Cl ions?
c) What is the radius of Cs+ ion if the radius of Cl ion is 180 pm?

9.

An element having atomic mass 52, occurs in body centred cubic (BCC) structure with a
cell edge of 288 pm. The density of the element is 7.2 g cm3. Evaluate Avagadros
number?

10.

The element having atomic mass 60 has face centred cubic unit cells. The edge length of
the unit cell is 400 pm. Find out density of the element.

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LEVEL II
1.

In a crystalline solid, having formula AB2O4, oxide ions are arranged in cubic close
packed lattice while cations A are present in tetrahedral voids and cations B are present in
octahedral voids.
i) What percentage of the tetrahedral voids is occupied by A?
ii) What percentage of the octahedral voids is occupied by B?

2.

Calculate the value of Avogadro number from the following data:

Density of NaCl = 2.165 gm cm3, distance between Na+ and Cl ions in NaCl
crystal = 281 pm

3.

In a cubic close packed structure of mixed oxides, the lattice in made up of oxide ions,
oneeighth of tetrahedral voids are occupied by divalent ions (X2+) while one half of
octahedral voids are occupied by trivalent ions (Y3+). What is the formula of the oxide?

4.

Sodium crystallizes in b.c.c. lattice of side length 4.30 . How many atoms are present in
a unit lattice? What is density of the metal? Atomic weight of Na = 23.

5.

Sodium metal crystallises in body centred cubic lattice with cell edge, 4.29. What is the
radius of sodium atom?

6.

Potassium crystallises in a BCC lattice, (edge length, a = 5.20)

a) What is the distance between nearest neighbours?
b) How many neighbours does each K atom have?
c) What is the density of crystalline K?

7.

KBr crystallises in the FCC unit cell (NaCl type)

a) How many K+ ions and how many Br ions are in each unit cell?
b) What is the edgelength if rK + = 1.33, rBr = 1.95?
c) What minimum value of r+/r is needed to prevent anionanion contact in this
structure?

8.

Lithium borohydride crystallizes in an orthorhombic system with 4 molecules per unit

cell. The unit cell dimensions are a = 6.8 , b = 4.4 and c = 7.2 . If the molar mass is
21.76. Calculate the density of crystal.

9.

Compute the limiting radius ratio r+/r for (a) a square planar crystal structure in which B
ions are at the corner of the square and A+ ions are the centre, and (b) an equilateral
triangular crystal structure with B at the apex and A+ at the centre.

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A solid PQ has the NaCl structure. If the cation radius is 100 pm, calculate the maximum
possible value of the radius of the anion.

LEVEL III
1.

The figures given below show the location of atoms is three crystallographic planes in a
f.c.c. lattice. Draw the unit cell for the corresponding structure and identify these planes
in your diagram.
[2000]

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

2.

Chromium metal crystallizes with a body-centred cubic lattice. The length of the unit cell
edge is found to be 287 pm. Calculate the atomic radius. What would be the density of
chromium
in g/ cm3 ?
[1997]

3.

A metal crystallizes into two cubic phases, face-centred cubic (f.c.c.) and body-centred
cubic (b.c.c.) whose unit cell lengths are 3.5 and 3.0, respectively. Calculate the ratio of
densities of f.c.c. and b.c.c.
[1999]

4.

A unit cell of sodium chloride has four formula units. The edge length of the unit cell is
0.564 nm. What is the density of sodium chloride?
[1997]

5.

A compound alloy of gold and copper crystallizes in a cubic lattice in which the gold
atom occupy the lattice points at the corners of a cube and the copper atoms occupy the
centres of each of the cubes faces. What is the formula of this compound?

6.

A compound formed by element X and Y crystallizes in the cubic structure where X is at

the corners of a cube and Y are at the face centre. What is the formula of compound? If
side length is 5 , estimate the density of the solid assuming at wt. of X and Y as 60 and
90 respectively.

7.

In a face centred lattice with all the positions occupied by A atoms the body centred
octahedral hole in it is occupied by an atom B of an appropriate size for such a crystal,
calculate the void space per unit volume of unit cell. Also predict the formulae of the
compound.

8.

The density of CaF2 is 3.18 g cm 3 at 20C. Calculate the dimensions of a unit cube of the
substance containing four Ca 2 + and eight F ions.

9.

You are given marbles of diameter 10 mm. They are to be placed such their centres are
lying in a square bond by four lines each of length 40 mm. What will be the arrangement
of marbles in a plane so that maximum number of marbles can be placed inside the area.
Sketch the diagram and derive expression for the number of molecules per unit area.

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Objective LEVEL I
1.

2.

3.

4.

In a solid lattice, cation is absent from lattice site and present at an interstitial position, the
lattice defect is:
(a) Frenkel

(b) Interstitial

(c) Schottky

(d) None of these

The number of molecules present in 100 gm of a FCC crystal are (density of crystal
= 10.0 gm/cm2 and cell edge of crystal = 100 pm):
(a) 3 1025

(b) 4 1025

(c) 1 1025

(d) 2 1025

The arrangement ABCABCABCis referred as

(a) octahedral close packing

(b) hexagonal close packing

(c) tetrahedral close packing

(d) cubic close packing

Frenkel defect is caused due to

(a) an ion missing from the normal lattice site creating a vacancy
(b) an extra positive ion occupying an interstitial position in the lattice
(c) an extra negative ion occupying an interstitial position in the lattice
(d) the shift of a positive ion from its normal lattice site to an interstitial site

5.

6.

The edge length of face centered unit cubic cell is 508 pm. If the radius of the cation is
110 pm, the radius of the anion is
(a) 144 pm

(b) 288 pm

(c) 618 pm

(d) 398 pm.

Schottky defect in crystals is observed when

(a) unequal number of cations and anions are missing from the lattice
(b) equal number of cations and anions are missing from the lattice
(c) an ion leaves its normal site and occupies an interstitial site
(d) density of the crystal is increased.

7.

The number of unit cells in 58.5 g of NaCl is approximately

(a) 6 1020

(b) 1.5 1023

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(c) 6 1023
8.

9.

(d) 0.5 1024 .

A compound is formed by elements A and B. This crystallizes in the cubic structure

where the A atoms are at the corners of the cube and B atoms are at the body centres. The
simplest formula of the compound is
(a) AB

(b) A 2 B

(c) AB2

(d) AB6 .

For an ionic crystal of the general formula AX and coordination number 6, the value of
radius ratio will be
(a) greater than 0.73

(b) in between 0.73 and 0.41

(c) in between 0.41 and 0.22

(d) Less than 0.22

LEVEL II
1.

2.

3.

6.

5.

Potassium has a bcc structure with nearest neighbours distance 5.42. Its atomic weight
is 39. Its density will be
(a) 454 kg m 3

(b) 804 kg m 3

(c) 852 kg m 3

(d) 908 kg m 3 .

An element (atomic mass = 100 g/mol) having BCC structure has cell edge 400 pm. The
density of element is (No. of atom in BCC (Z) = 2).
(a) 2.144 g/ cm3

(b) 5.188 g/ cm3

(c) 7.289 g/ cm3

(d) 10.376 g/ cm3 .

Na and Mg crystallize in BCC and FCC crystals respectively, then the number of atoms
of Na and Mg presenting the unit cell of their respective crystal is
(a) 4 and 2

(b) 9 and 14

(c) 14 and 9

(d) 2 and 4.

The mass of a unit cell of CsCl corresponds to

(a) 8Cs+ and 1 Cl

(b) 1Cs+ and 6Cl

(c) 1Cs+ and 1 Cl

(d) 4Cs+ and 4Cl

A compound formed by elements A and B crystallizes in a cubic structure where A atoms

are at the corners of a cube and B atoms are at the face centre. The formula of the
compound is:
(a) AB3

(b) AB2

(c) AB4

(d) None of these

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6.

7.

The density of KCl is 1.9893 g cm3 and the length of a side of unit cell is 6.29082 as
determined by XRay diffraction. The value of Avogadros number calculated from these
data is:
(a) 6.017 1023

(b) 6.023 1023

(c) 6.03 1023

(d) 6.017 1019

The density of KBr is 2.75 gm cm3. Length of unit cell is 654 pm, K = 39, Br = 80, then
what is true about the predicted nature of the solid:
(a) Solid has face centred cubic system with coordination number = 6
(b) Solid has simple cubic system with coordination number = 4
(c) Solid has face centred cubic system with coordination number = 1
(d) None

8.

9.

A solid XY has NaCl structure. If radius of X+ is 100 pm. What is the radius of Y ion:
(a) 120 pm

(b) 136.6 to 241.6 pm

(c) 136.6 pm

(d) 241.6 pm

How many unit cells are present in a cube shaped ideal crystal of NaCl of mass 1.00 g?
[Atomic masses: Na = 23, Cl = 35.5]
(a) 1.71 1021 unit cells

(b) 2.57 1021 unit cells

(c) 5.14 1021 unit cells

(d) 1.28 1021 unit cells.

Answer to Assignments (Subjective)

LEVEL I
1.

41.6 g cm3

2.

8.9 g/cm3

3.

24.16 1023 atom

4.

3 cm

5.

4, fcc

6.

0.918

7.

0.016 g/cm3, 0.775%

8.

a) 412 pm; b) 356.8 pm; c) 176.8 pm

9.

6.04 1023

10.

6.2 g/cm3

LEVEL II

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1.

12.5%, 50%

2.

6.02 1023

3.

AB2O4

4.

2, 0.96 g cm 3

5.

1.86

6.

4.05, 8, 0.925 g/cm3

7.

4, 6.56, 0.414

8.

0.6709 g cm3

9.

0.414, 0.866

10.

241.5 pm

LEVEL III
1.

(i) Face plane; (ii) Face diagonal plane; (iii)

Diagonal plane

2.

1.8574

3.

124.27 pm, 7.30 g/ cm3 ;

4.

1.259

5.

2.16 g/ cm3

6.

AuCu 3

7.

XY3 , 4.38 g cm 3

8.

0.75

9.

5.46

10.

i)

ii) 1.125

Objective

LEVEL I
1.

(a)

6.

(b)

2.

(b)

7.

(b)

3.

(d)

8.

(a)

4.

(d)

9.

(b)

5.

(a)

LEVEL II
1.

(a)

6.

(a)

2.

(b)

7.

(a)

3.

(d)

8.

(b)

4.

(c)

9.

(b)

5.

(a)

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