UNIT 1.

THE SOLID STATE

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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