DPP 5 (Solid State)

A- 1 > You are given 6 identical balls, what is the maximum no. of square voids and triangular voids (in separate
arrangements) that can be created.
A- 2 > Which one of the following schemes of ordering closed packed sheet of equal size spheres does not generate close
packed lattice.
(a) ABCABC (b) ABCBCABCBC (c) ABACABAC (d) ABBAABBA
A- 3 > Total number of voids in 0.5 mole of a compound forming HCP structure are
(a) 6.022 × 1023 (b) 3.011 × 1023 (c) 9.034 × 1023 (d) 4.516 × 1023
A- 4 > Atoms of an element B form HCP lattice and those of the element A occupy 2/3 rd of tetrahedral voids. How many
no. of atoms of A and B (in total) are present in the HCP lattice?
A- 5 > In a close packed structure of mixed oxide, the lattice is composed of oxide ions, one eighth of tetrahedral voids are
occupied by divalent cation ‘A’ while one half of octahedral voids are occupied by trivalent cation ‘B’. What is the
formula of the oxide. (AB2O4)
A- 6 > C60 (Bucky ball) is cubic closest packed in its crystalline form if you insert potassium atoms into all the tetrahedral
and octahedral voids of the C60 structure. The formula would become KxC60. What is the value of x?
A- 7 > In a closed packed structure of mixed oxides. The lattice is made of oxide ions, one fifth of tetrahedral voids are
occupied by divalent ion (X2+) while one half of the octahedral voids are occupied by trivalent ions (Y 3+) then
formula of oxide is ……
A- 8 > In the solid compound Cu2HgI4 cation occupy tetrahedral voids in a closed packed anion lattice. What fraction of
tetrahedral voids are filled. (3/8)
A- 9 > A crystal is made of particles X and Y. X forms FCC packing and Y occupies all the octahedral voids. If all the
particles along one body diagonal are removed then the formula of the crystal would be …….
B- 1 > A crystal is made of particle X, Y and Z. X-form FCC packing, Y occupies all the octahedral voids of X and Z
occupies all the tetrahedral voids of X. If all the particles along one body diagonal are removed then formula of
crystal is ……
B- 2 > A crystal is made of particle A, and B occupies all the octahedral voids if all the particles along the plane as shown
in figure are removed, then the formula of the crystal would be …….. (Ans: XY)

(0, 0, a)

FCC
B- 3 > In the given figure,
a
(i) Find the distance between two successive tetrahedral voids.
(0, 0, 0)
(ii) Find distance between two successive octahedral voids.
a (0, a, 0)
(iii) Find distance between an octahedral & tetrahedral voids. a
(a, 0, 0)
(iv) Find the coordinate of tetrahedral voids and octahedral
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voids nearest & farthest to the origin. Ans:- , , ,
2 2 4
B- 4 > An element crystallizes in FCC lattice having edge length 400 pm. Calculate the maximum diameter of an atom
which can be placed in interstitial site without distorting the structure. (Ans: 117.1 pm)
B- 5 > Which of the following figures represents the cross-section of an octahedral site?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

B- 6 > An element has ABAB…… type close packed structure. The radius of an atom of the element is 300 pm. What is
the distance between two adjacent layer?
B- 7 > In FCC unit cell, what fraction of edge is not covered by atom
(a) 0.134 (b) 0.293 (c) 0.26 (d) 0.32
C- 1 > If the height of HCP unit cell of identical particles is h, hen height of tetrahedral void from the base is
 3h 5h   h 2h   h 3h   h 7h 
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d)  , 
 8 8  3 3  4 4  8 8 
C- 2 > The number of hexagonal faces that are present in truncated octahedron is ……
C- 3 > Which of the following statements is/are correct about TVs in an FCC unit cell, given edge length = a, Body
diagonal = b.
(a) Each TV lies at a distance b/4 from the nearest corner.
(b) Distance between two TVs is b/2.
(c) Each TV lies at a distance 3b/4 from the farthest corner.

3a
(d) Each TV lies a distance of from nearest corner.
4
C- 4 > In a ionic solid AB2O4, the oxide ions form FCC. A and B are metal ions in which one is bivalent and another is
trivalent (not necessarily in given order) if all the bivalent ions occupy octahedral holes and trivalent ions occupy
tetrahedral and octahedral voids in equal number then fraction of octahedral voids unoccupied is ….
1 3 1 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 4 4 8
C- 5 > You are given marble of diameter 10 mm they are to be placed such that their centres lying in a square bond by four
lines each of length 40 mm. The maximum no. of marbles which may be placed inside this area is. Ans: - (0016)

Answer
DPP 4:-

(A-1) (b) (C-1) 50 6 (A-5) (a) (A-6) 4 (A-11) (d)

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