Select the correct option based on statements below:
Assertion (A): | The stability of a crystal is reflected by the magnitude of its melting point. |
Reason (R): | Greater the intermolecular forces of attraction, the higher will be the stability and melting point of the substance. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
The packing efficiency of the face-centered cubic unit cell is:
(assuming that the atoms are touching each other)
1. 52.40 %
2. 68.04 %
3. 74 %
4. 79.06 %
Silver crystallizes in fcc lattice. If the edge length of the cell is 4.07 × 10−8 cm and density is 10.5 g cm−3, the atomic mass of silver is -
1. 120.31 g
2. 107.9 g
3. 207.60 g
4. 138.52 g
Copper crystallizes into an fcc lattice with an edge length of 3.61 × 10−8 cm. The density of copper crystal will be -
1. 7.46 g cm-3
2. 9.67 g cm-3
3. 8.96 g cm-3
4. 5.63 g cm-3
Nickel oxide has the formula Ni0.98O1.00. The fraction of nickel existing as Ni3+ ions will be -
1. 0.041
2. 0.959
3. 0.736
4. 0.264
A ferric oxide crystallizes in a hexagonal close-packed array of oxide ions with two out of every three octahedral holes occupied by ferric ions. The formula of the ferric oxide is-
1. FeO
2. Fe2O3
3. Fe3O4
4. Fe3O2
A compound forms a hexagonal close-packed structure. The total number of voids in 0.5 moles
of the compound will be -
A compound is formed by two elements M and N. The element N forms ccp and atoms of M occupy 1/3rd of tetrahedral voids. The formula of the compound would be -
1. MN
2. M3N4
3. M2N3
4. M3N2
An element with a molar mass of 2.7 × 10-2 kg mol-1 and density 2.7 × 103 kg m-3 forms a unit cell with an edge length of 405 pm. The type of unit cell is-
1. Simple cubic cell.
2. Face-centered cubic cell.
3. Body-centered cubic cell.
4. None of the above.
The pair having only molecular solids among the following is -
1. Brass and SiC
2. Ammonium phosphate (NH4)3PO4
3. SiC and plastic
4. Tetra phosphorus decaoxide (P4O10) and I2