1.
In diamond carbon atoms occupy FCC lattice points as well as alternate
tetrahedral voids if the edge length of the unit cell is 356pm then find the
radius of carbon atom?
2. Diamond and SiC have same structure, their densities are 3.6 and
3.2g/cc respectively. Find the radius of Si and C atoms?
3. Calculate the packing fraction of FCC lattice when all the
octahedral voids are filled by spheres without distorting the lattice.
4. An element (at.wt=125) crystallises in simple cubic structure. If the
diameter of the largest sphere which can be placed in the crystal,
without disturbing the crystal is 366pm. Find the density of the
crystal.
5. AB crystallizes in a rock salt structure with A : B = 1 : 1.
The shortest distance between A and B is Y1/3A0. The
formula mass of AB is 6.023Y amu where Y is any arbitrary
constant. Find the density in kg m-3.
6. Perovskite is a mineral of calcium, titanium and oxygen. In a
cubic unit cell of calcium ions titanium(At.wt-48) ion is present
at the center. The edge lenth of the cube is 500pm and density
is 1.81g/cc. Find the oxidation state of titanium in perovskite.
7. KCl & NaCl are same type of crystals. Radius ratio of KCl and
NaCl are 0.74 and 0.55 respectively. Find the ratio of edge lengths
of their unit cells?
8. A compound AB crystallizes in rock salt structure. The ionic radius
of A+ and B- are 60pm and 100pm, atomic masses of A, B are 200 &
120 respectively. If the density of the solid is X/3.2 g/cc then
calculate the value of ‘X’?
9. The face diagonal length of FCC cubic cell is 660 2 pm. If the
radius of the cation is 110 pm, What should be the radius of the
anion following radius ratio rules.
10. A solid cube of edge length = 25.32 mm of an ionic compound which has NaCl type
lattice is added to 1kg of water. The boiling point of this solution is found to be
100.520C. Assume 100% ionization of ionic compound. If radius of anion of ionic
solid is 200 pm then radius of cation in solid is ( A x 10-10 m) [Kb for H2O = 0.52 K
kg/mole, NA = 6 x 1023, ∛75=4.22]. Find A.
11. Ionic solid B+A-crystallizes in rock salt type of structure.
1.296 gm ionic solid salt B+A- is dissolved in water to make one
litre solution. The pH of the solution is measured to be 6.0. If the
value of face diagonal in the unit cell of B+A- is 600 2 pm.
Calculate the density of ionic solid in gm/cc.
𝑇 = 298 𝐾 𝐾𝑏 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐵𝑂𝐻 𝑖𝑠 10−5 𝐴𝑣𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑑𝑟𝑜 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 = 6.0 × 1023
12. 5.35 g of a salt ACl (of weak base AOH) is dissolved in 250 ml of
solution. The pH of the resultant solution was found to be 4.85. Find
the ionic radius of A+ & Cl¯. ACl crystallises into CsCl type crystals
with density 2.2g/cc. Given Kb(AOH) = 2 × 10–5.
13. The olivine series of minerals consists of crystals in which Fe and Mg ions may
substitute for each other causing substitutional impurity defect without changing the
volume of the unit cell. In olivine series of minerals, oxide ion exist as FCC with Si4+
occupying1/4 th of octahedral voids and divalent ions occupying1/4 th of tetrahedral
voids. The density of forsterite (magnesium silicate) is 3.21 g/cc and that of fayalite
(ferrous silicate )is 4.34g/cc. Find the formula of forsterite and fayalite minerals and
the percentage of fayalite in an olivine with a density of 3.88 g/cc.
