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1. Total volume of atoms present in a face-centred cubic unit cell of a metal is (r is atomic radius) :

24 3 12 3 16 3 20 3
(A) r (B) r (C) r (D) r
3 3 3 3
2. Percentages of free space in cubic close packed structure and in body centered packed structure are
respectively :-
(A) 48% and 26% (B) 30% and 26% (C) 26% and 32% (D) 32% and 48%

3. The packing effeciency of the two-dimensional square unit cell shown below is -

(A) 39.27% (B) 68.02% (C) 74.05% (D) 78.54%

4. The fraction of volume occupied by atoms in a primitive cubic unit cell is nearly:
(A) 0.48 (B) 0.52 (C) 0.55 (D) 0.68

5. The fraction of volume occupied by atoms in a body centered cubic unit cell is:
(A) 0.32 (B) 0.48 (C) 0.68 (D) 0.74

6. The fraction of volume occupied by atoms in a face centered cubic unit cell is:
(A) 0.32 (B) 0.48 (C) 0.68 (D) 0.74

7. Polonium crystallizes in a simple cubic structure. The edge of the unit cell is 0.236 nm. What is the
radius of the polonium atom:
(A) 0.144 nm (B) 0.156 nm (C) 0.118 nm (D) 0.102 nm

8. Tungsten has an atomic radius of 0.136 nm. The density of tungsten is 19.4 g/cm3. What is the crystal
structure of tungsten? (Atomic weight: W = 184)
(A) Simple cubic (B) Body centered cubic
(C) Face centered cubic (D) None of these

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9. The element crystallizes in a body centered cubic lattice and the edge of the unit cell is 0.351 nm. The
density is 0.533 g/cm3. What is the atomic weight?
(A) 12.0 (B) 6.94 (C) 9.01 (D) 10.8

10. Which of the following layering pattern will have a void fraction of 0.260?
(A) ABCCBAABC (B) ABBAABBA
(C) ABCABCABC (D) ABCAABCA

11. The density of solid argon (Ar = 40 g/mol) is 1.68 g/mL at 40 K. If the argon atom is assumed to be
a sphere of radius 1.50 10–8 cm, what % of solid Ar is apparently empty space?
(use NA = 6 1023)
(A) 35.64 (B) 64.4 (C) 74% (D) 52

12. An fcc lattice has lattice parameter a = 400 pm. Calculate the molar volume of the lattice including
all the empty space:
(A) 10.8 mL (B) 96 mL (C) 8.6 mL (D) 9.6 mL

13. Packing fraction in simple cubic lattice is

1 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
6 6 8

14. Packing fraction in body centred cubic lattice is

1 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
6 6 8

15. Packing fration in face centred cubic lattice is

1 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
6 6 8

16. The fraction of vacant space in one layer of square packing of identical spheres in two dimensions is

3 3
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 1
4 4 6 4

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