Solid State Chemistry (NKB)

NET, 2014; Assignement I:

1. The number of nearest neighbors around each particle in a face centered
cubic lattice is
(a) 4;
(b) 6;
(c) 8;
(d) 12.
2. An ionic compound is expected to have tetrahedral structure if
r

r
+
lies
in the range of
(a) 0.414 0.732;
(b) 0.225 0.414;
(c) 0.155 0.225;
(d) > 0.732.
3. The expression to compute the density of metals crystalizing in cubic
crystal is
(a) =
N
a
3
(
M
N
A
);
(b) =
N
a
3
(
N
A
M
);
(c) =
a
3
N
(
M
N
A
);
(d) =
a
3
N
(
N
A
M
).
4. A substance has a density of 1.984 g cm
3
and it crystalizes in the face-
centered cubic crystal with edge length equal to 630 pm. The molar
mass of the substance is
(a) 37.35 g mol
1
;
(b) 56.02 g mol
1
;
(c) 74.70 g mol
1
;
(d) 65.36 g mol
1
.
5. The edge length of unit cell of sodium chloride is 564 pm. If the size of
Cl

ion is 181 pm, the size of Na

+
ion would be
(a) 101 pm;
(b) 167 pm;
(c) 202 pm;
(d) 383 pm.
6. The fraction of volume occupied by a hexagonal closed packed lattice
is
(a) 0.48;
(b) 0.68;
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(c) 0.74;
(d) 0.82.
7. An orthorhombic crystal is characterized by
(a) a = b = c; = = = 90
0
;
(b) a = b = c; = = = 90
0
;
(c) a = b = c; = = ;
(d) a = b = c; = = = 90
0
.
8. For a cubic crystal a crystal plane intersects the three perpendicular
axes at a distance 2a, 3a and a respectively. The Miller indices for this
plane is
(a) (111);
(b) (
1
2
1
3
1);
(c) (231);
(d) (326).
9. Total number of distinct space groups possible in two and three dimen-
sional crystal are respectively
(a) 5, 14;
(b) 7, 23;
(c) 17, 230;
(d) 35, 275.
10. Total number of distinct point groups possible in two and three dimen-
sional crystal are respectively
(a) 10, 32;
(b) 7, 23;
(c) 17, 230;
(d) 5, 7.
11. Total number of distinct Bravais lattices possible in two and three di-
mensional crystal are respectively
(a) 10, 32;
(b) 7, 23;
(c) 17, 230;
(d) 5, 14.
12. In X-ray diraction, it is very dicult to determine the position of
hydrogen, because
(a) it has only one electron;
(b) it has a very strong ionization potential;
(c) it has very low polarizability;
(d) it is very strong hard acid.
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13. If inter-planar spacing is d, then the wavelength () of x-ray used for
the study of this crystal must be
(a) 2d;
(b) 2d;
(c) d;
(d) d.
14. Powder diraction method was developed by
(a) Debye;
(b) Bragg;
(c) Laue;
(d) Debye and Scherrer.
15. The reciprocal lattice of BCC crystal is
(a) BCC;
(b) FCC;
(c) SC;
(d) HCP.
16. For a particular cubic crystal, only those planes that are allowed re-
ections in x-ray diraction is either all odd h, k, l or all even h, k, l
with h +k +l divisible by 4. The type of crystal
(a) BCC;
(b) FCC;
(c) SC;
(d) DC.
17. According to Debye theory of lattice heat capacity, the absolute entropy
of a pure and perfect crystal at very low temperature will be
(a) T
3
;
(b) T
2
;
(c) T;
(d)
1
T
.
18. Schottky defect is due to
(a) missing of electron from normal lattice sites;
(b) missing of atom from normal lattice sites;
(c) both (a) and (b);
(d) none of the above.
19. An electron trapped in an anion vacancy within the crystal is called
(a) n-type conductor;
(b) p-type conductor;
(c) F-center;
(d) insulator.
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20. The spinels CoFe
2
O
4
and FeFe
2
O
4
respectively are
(a) inverse and inverse;
(b) inverse and normal;
(c) normal and normal;
(d) normal and inverse.
21. KCl has the same structure as NaCl. If volume of the unit cell is 247.7
cubic Anstroms, the distance between adjacent K
+
and Cl

centers are
(a) 1.24

A;
(b) 2.48

A;
(c) 3.14

A;
(d) 6.28

A.
22. The lattice parameters of an orthorhombic unit cell are a = 50 pm, b =
29 pm, 19 pm. The inter-planar spacing between the (123) planes is
(a) 50 pm;
(b) 29 pm;
(c) 19 pm;
(d) 75 pm.
23. Conductivities of a typical semiconductor lies in the range
(a) > 10
8
ohm
1
m
1
;
(b) (10
6
10
4
) ohm
1
m
1
;
(c) (10
20
10
10
) ohm
1
m
1
;
(d) (10
4
10
8
) ohm
1
m
1
.
24. BCS theory of superconductivity was proposed by
(a) Bohr, Coulson and Schrodinger;
(b) Bohr, Coulson and Sommerfeld;
(c) Bose, Cooper and Einstein;
(d) Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieer.
25. for a particular crystal the rst order reection of a x-ray beam occurs
at a glancing angle 5
0
15

. The glancing angle for the third order reec-

tion is
(a) 5
0
15

;
(b) 10
0
10

;
(c) 15
0
45

;
(d) 15
0
57

.
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