The Solid State

Question
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What makes the crystal of KCl appear sometimes violet?

Solution

This is due to F centre, electron become exicted and when they come to ground state they radiate energy in visible reigon.

Question
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What is the effect of Schottky and Frenkel defects on the density of crystalline solids?

Solution

Schottky defect decrease the density solid where as no such defect arise due to frenkel defect.

Question
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What is the maximum possible coordination number of an atom in an hcp crystal structure of an element?

Solution

The maximum possible coordination number of an atom in hcp structure of an element is 12.

Question
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How many atoms can be assigned to its unit cell if an element forms
(i) a body centred cubic cell, and (ii) a face centred cu
bic cell?

Solution

Body centre wholly belongs to the unit cell in which it is present. Thus
in a body-centered cubic (bcc) unit cell:
(i) 8 corners × 1/8per corner atom= 8 x 1/8 = 1 atom
(ii) 1 body centre atom = 1 × 1 = 1 atom
∴ Total number of atoms per unit cell = 2 atoms
For face centred 

(i) 8 corners atoms × 1/8 atom per unit cell
= 8  x1/8 = 1 atom

(ii) 6 face-centred atoms ×1/2 atom per unit cell = 6 ×1/2 = 3 atoms
∴ Total number of atoms per unit cell = 4 atoms