Assignment

Ch: Solid State

Do the following questions in your chemistry notebook.

1. What is the formula of the compound in which the element Y forms ccp lattice and atoms

of X occupy 2/ 3rd of tetrahedral voids.

2. An element with density 10 gm/cm3 forms a cubic cell with edge length of 3X10-8 cm.

What is the nature of cubic unit cell if the atomic mass of the element is 81 u.

3. Aluminium crystallises in a cubic closed packed structure. Its metallic radius is 125pm.

a) What is the length of the side of the unit cell

b) How many unit cells are there in 1.00 cm3 of Al.

4. Copper crystallises into a fcc lattice with edge length 3.61X10-8 cm. Calculate the

density. Show that the calculated density is in agreement with the measured value of

8.92g/cm3

5. An element with density 2.8 g/cm3 forms a fcc unit cell with edge length 4X10-8 cm.

Calculate the molar mass of the element. (No=6.022X1023mol-1)

6. Niobium crystallises into a body centered cubic structure. If density is 8.55gcm-3,

calculate atomic radius of niobium using its atomic mass 93u.

7. An element with density 11.2 g cm-3 forms a fcc lattice with edge length of 4X10-8 cm.

Calculate the atomic mass of the element. (N a= 6.022 X1023 mol-1)

8. What is the number of atoms per unit cell in a body centred cubic structure.

9. Calculate the packing efficiency of a metal crystal for a simple cubic structure.

10. The unit cell of an element of atomic mass 108 u and density 10.5 g cm-3 is a cube with

edge length 409pm. Find the type of unit cell. (No=6.022X1023mol-1)