The formula of nickel oxide with metal deficiency defect in its crystal is Ni0.98O. The crystal contains Ni2+ and Ni3+ ions. The fraction of nickel existing as Ni2+ ions in the crystal is-

1. 0.96

2. 0.04

3. 0.50

4. 0.31

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An ionic compound has a unit cell consisting of A ions at the corners of a cube and B ions on the centers of the faces of the cube. The empirical formula for this compound would be : 

1. AB 

2. A2B

3. AB3

4. A3B

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The edge length of fcc unit cell of NaCl is 508 pm.
If the radius of cation is 110 pm then radius of the anion is : 

1. 244 pm

2. 144 pm

3. 288 pm

4. 398 pm

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A compound that shows Schottky as well as Frenkel defect among the following is -

1. ZnS               

2. AgBr             

3. NaCl                 

4. AgCl

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In the spinel structrue, oxides ions are cubical-closest packed whereas 1/8th of tetrahedral voids are occupied by A2+ cation and 1/2 of octahedral voids are occupied by B3+ cations. The general formula of the compound having spinel structure is :

1. A2B2O4

2. AB2O4

3. A2B4O2

4. A4B2O2

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An element crystallizes in a structure having FCC unit cell of an edge length 200 pm. If
200 g this element contains 24 x 1023 atoms, the density of the element is

1. 50.3 g/cc

2. 63.4 g/cc

3. 41.6 g/cc

4. 34.8 g/cc

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Ionic radii of Mg2+ and O2- ions are 66 pm and 140 pm respectively. The type of interstitial void and coordination number of Mg2+ ion respectively are


1. Tetrahedral, 12

2. Octahedral, 6

3. Tetrahedral, 6

4. Octahedral, 8

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An element occurring in the bcc structure has 12.08×1023 unit cells. The total number of atoms of the element in these cells will be:

1. 24.16×1023

2. 36.18×1023

3. 6.04×1023

4. 12.08×1023

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A compound is formed by cation C and anion A. The anions form hexagonal close packed (hcp) lattice and the cations occupy 75 % of octahedral voids. The formula of the compound is:

1. C3A4

2. C2A3

3. C3A2

4. C4A3

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If an element (at. Wt. = 50) crystallises in fcc lattice, with a = 0.50 nm, then the density of unit cell if it contains 0.25 % Schottky defect is -

(Use NA=6×1023

1. 2.0 g/cc

2. 2.66 g/cc

3. 3.06 g/cc

4. None of the above.

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