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E-CAPS - 03 : CHEMISTRY
(Engineering-Classroom Assessment Practice Sheet)
Topics covered: ABAB……type packing, (i) Hexagonal close packing, (ii) Cubic close packing and voids, Packing
efficiency.
Choose the correct answer :
1. A metal crystallizes in a body centered cubic lattice (1) 2.16 Å (2) 3.62 Å
(bcc) with the edge of the unit cell 5.2 Å. The
(3) 3.94 Å (4) 4.15 Å
distance between the two nearest neighbour is
4. Fraction of empty space in ABAB type
(1) 10.4 Å (2) 4.5 Å
arrangement in 3D is
(3) 5.2 Å (4) 9.0 Å
(1) 0.74 (2) 0.26
2. Which of the following shaded plane in fcc lattice
(3) 0.68 (4) 0.32
contains arrangement of atoms as shown by
5. Match the following columns :
circles?
Column-I Column-II
i. 74% occupancy (p) Cubic close packing
of space of identical spheres
ii. Coordination (q) Hexagonal close
number = 6 packing of identical
(1) spheres
iii. 68% occupancy (r) Body centered cubic
of space packing of identical
(2)
spheres
iv. Coordination (s) Simple cubic packing
number = 12 of identical spheres
(3)
(t) AB AB AB ....... type
of close packing of
identical spheres
(4)
(1) i(t), ii(r), iii(p, r, s), iv(p, q, t)
(2) i(p, q, r), ii(s), iii(r), iv(p, q, t)
3. Copper crystallizes in a structure of face centered
cubic unit cell. The atomic radius of copper is (3) i(q, t), ii(s, t), iii(p), iv(r, s, t)

1.28 Å. What is axial length on an edge of copper? (4) i(p, q, t), ii(s), iii(r), iv(p, q, t)

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6. Platinum crystallizes in a face centered cube (1) The distance between the atoms at adjacent
crystal with a unit cell length of 3.92 Å. Atomic face centres is 2R.
radius of platinum is (2) The distance between the atoms at adjacent

(1) 2.516 Å (2) 1.387 Å a

face centres is
2
(3) 1.48 Å (4) 2.12 Å

7. Metallic gold crystallizes in face centered cubic (3) The third nearest neighbour is located at a

lattice with edge length 4.070 Å. Closest distance 3a

distance of
2
between gold atoms is
(4) The number of third nearest neighbour is 24
(1) 2.035 Å (2) 8.140 Å
9. In a primitive cubic lattice, the distance of the first
(3) 2.878 Å (4) 1.357 Å three neighbours from any atom under
8. In an FCC structure, the radius of atoms forming consideration in terms of the lattice parameter a,
the lattice is R and edge length is a. Select the are respectively na, m a, p a . The value of
incorrect statement. n + m + p is
10. Percentage of free space in bcc unit cell is____.

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E-CAPS - 03 : CHEMISTRY
(Engineering-Classroom Assessment Practice Sheet)
Topics covered : ABAB……type packing, (i) Hexagonal close packing, (ii) Cubic close packing and voids, Packing
efficiency.

ANSWERS
1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (4)

6. (2) 7. (3) 8. (3) 9. (6) 10. (32)

HINTS & SOLUTIONS

1. Answer (2) 6. Answer (2)
For BCC For FCC
4r  3a ur = 2a

3a 2a
2r  r=
2 4
= 4.5 Å r = 1.387 Å
2. Answer (3) 7. Answer (3)
In FCC lattice atoms are present at corners and 4r = 2a
face centres
2a
3. Answer (2) 2r 
2
For FCC
= 2.878 Å
4r  2a
8. Answer (3)
4r Atoms at adjacent face centres in FCC touch each
a
2 other. The third nearest neighbour is located at a
= 3.62 Å 3
distance of a.
4. Answer (2) 2
ABAB is hexagonal 3D packing and has packing 9. Answer (6)
efficiency of 74%. Nearest neighbour is at adjacent corner.
5. Answer (4) Next nearest neighbour is at end of face diagonal.
CCP and hCP has equal packing efficiency and 3rd nearest neighbour is along the body diagonal.
equal coordination number.
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10. Answer (32) = 100 – packing fraction

Percentage of free space in BCC = 100 – 68 = 32%

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