This document contains past exam questions from annual and supplementary exams from 2014 to 2020 related to solid state physics. The questions cover topics such as crystal structures, unit cells, packing efficiency, defects, densities, and magnetic properties. Most questions can be answered through calculations of properties for different crystal lattices including simple cubic, body centered cubic, face centered cubic, and cubic close packing. Common question types involve calculating packing efficiency, densities given lattice parameters, or atomic masses given other properties.
This document contains past exam questions from annual and supplementary exams from 2014 to 2020 related to solid state physics. The questions cover topics such as crystal structures, unit cells, packing efficiency, defects, densities, and magnetic properties. Most questions can be answered through calculations of properties for different crystal lattices including simple cubic, body centered cubic, face centered cubic, and cubic close packing. Common question types involve calculating packing efficiency, densities given lattice parameters, or atomic masses given other properties.
This document contains past exam questions from annual and supplementary exams from 2014 to 2020 related to solid state physics. The questions cover topics such as crystal structures, unit cells, packing efficiency, defects, densities, and magnetic properties. Most questions can be answered through calculations of properties for different crystal lattices including simple cubic, body centered cubic, face centered cubic, and cubic close packing. Common question types involve calculating packing efficiency, densities given lattice parameters, or atomic masses given other properties.
Annual Exam – 2014 11. Aluminium crystallizes in an fcc structure. Atomic radius of the metal is 125 pm. Calculate the 2 edge length of unit cell of the metal. 27. a) Calculate the packing efficiency in simple cubic lattice. 3 b) What is Frenkel defect? Give an example. 2 Supplementary Exam – 2014 11. Calculate the number of atoms present in FCC crystal. 2 27. a) Calculate the packing efficiency in simple cubic lattice. 3 b) What is Frenkel defect? Give an example. 2 Annual Exam – 2015 11. What is meant by the term coordination number in solids? What is the coordination number in 2 a face centered cubic close packing structure? 27. a) Calculate the packing efficiency in a unit cell of cubic close packing (ccp) structure. 4 b) Name the crystal defect which lowers the density in an ionic crystal. 1 Supplementary Exam – 2015 11. Give any two differences between Frenkel and Schottky defects. 2 27. a) Calculate the packing efficiency in Body Centered Cubic (BCC) lattice. 3 b) An element having atomic mass 107.9 𝑔𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 has fcc unit cell. The edge length of unit cell is 2 408.6 pm. calculate the density of the unit cell. [Given, 𝑁𝐴 = 6.022 × 1023 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 ] Annual Exam – 2016 12. What is Schottky defect? What is its effect on the density of a solid? 2 29. a) Calculate the packing efficiency of simple cubic crystal. 3 b) An element crystallises in fcc lattice. If edge length of the unit cell is 408.6 pm and density is 2 10.5 𝑔𝑐𝑚−3 . Calculate the atomic mass of the element. [𝑁𝐴 = 6.022 × 1023 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 ] Annual ReExam – 2016 11. Calculate the number of particles (atoms) per unit cell in a FCC crystal lattice. 2 12. What are ferromagnetic substances? Give one example. 2 27. a) Calculate the packing efficiency in Body Centered Cubic (BCC) lattice. 3 b) Silver forms a ccp lattice. The edge length of its unit cell is 408.6 pm. Calculate the density of 2 silver. (𝑁𝐴 = 6.022 × 1023 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 , Atomic mass of 𝐴𝑔 = 108 𝑔𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 ) Supplementary Exam – 2016 11. Which type of stoichiometric defect is shown by the following solids? a) AgCl b) KCl 2 27. a) Calculate the packing efficiency in Body Centered Cubic structure (BCC). 4
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b) Calculate the number of particles per unit cell of FCC. 1 Annual Exam – 2017 11. Give the difference between crystalline and amorphous solids with respect to shape and melting 2 point. 27. a) Calculate packing efficiency in simple cubic lattice. 3 b) An element having atomic mass 63.1 𝑔𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 has face centered cubic unit cell with edge length 2 3.608 × 10−8 𝑐𝑚. Calculate the density of unit cell. [Given: 𝑁𝐴 = 6.022 × 1023 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 ] Supplementary Exam – 2017 11. How ferrimagnetism arises in substances? Give an example of substance showing 2 ferrimagnetism. 27. a) Write any two difference between Frenkel and Schottky defects? 4 b) Calculate the packing efficiency in body centered cubic (BCC) lattice. 1 Annual Exam – 2018 11. What is Frenkel defect? What is its effect on the density of a solid 2 27. a) Calculate packing efficiency in simple cubic lattice. 3 b) An element having atomic mass 107.9 𝑢 has fcc lattice. The edge length of the unit cell is 408.6 2 p𝑚. Calculate the density of unit cell. [Given: 𝑁𝐴 = 6.022 × 1023 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 ] Supplementary Exam – 2018 12. Calculate the number of particles (atoms) per unit cell in a FCC crystal lattice. 2 27. a) What is Schottky defect? 3 b) Calculate the packing efficiency in body centered cubic (BCC) lattice. 2 Annual Exam – 2019 11. Lithium metal has a body centred cubic lattice structure with edge length of unit cell 352 pm. 2 calculate the density of lithium metal [Given: atomic mass of Li=7 𝑔𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 , 𝑁𝐴 = 6.022 × 1023 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 ] 27. a) Calculate packing efficiency in face centred cubic lattice. 3 c) What is Frenkel defect? What is its effect on the density of a solid? 2 Supplementary Exam – 2019 11. Which type of extrinsic semiconductor is formed when silicon is doped with phosphorous? 2 Mention the major charge carried in it. 27. a) Write any two difference between Frenkel and Schottky defects? 2 b) Calculate the packing efficiency in face centered cubic (FCC) structure. 3 Annual Exam – 2020 11. Calculate the number of particle per unit cell in BCC unit cell. 2 27. a) Calculate the packing efficiency in FCC cubic lattice 3
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b) Calcium metal crystallizes in face centre cubic lattice with edge length 0.556 nm. calculate the 2 density of the metal.[Atomic mass of calcium is 40 g/mol and 𝑁𝐴 = 6.022 × 1023 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 Suplementary Exam – 2020 11. Which type of magnetic substances is used in permanent magnets? Write their schematic 2 alignments of magnetic moments (domains). 27. a) Silver forms a fcc lattice. If the edge length of unit cell is 4.1 × 10−8 𝑐𝑚 and density is 2 10.4 𝑔𝑐𝑚−3 calculate the atomic mass (M) of silver. (𝑁𝐴 = 6.022 × 1023 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 ) b) Calculate the packing efficiency in simple cubic lattice 3
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