Crystalline Solids

● Particles are arranged in a 3 dimensional order

● The particles have equal intermolecular forces
● They have sharp melting point
● Anisotropic
● They are called as true solids.
Example: Benzoic acid, Diamond
 Amorphous Solids

● Amorphous means shapeless

● The particles have unequal intermolecular forces
● They have irregular arrangement of solid particles
● Isotropic in nature
● They are called as supercooled liquids.
● No fixed geometrical shapes
Example: Polyurethane, teflon, cellophane, polyvinyl chloride, fiberglass
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How many of the following compounds are crystalline
solids? [Integer Type]
Novolac,Ne(solid),quartz glass,quartz,cellophane,ZnS
benzoic acid,polyurethane,naphthalene,teflon,
PVC,fiberglass ,copper,KNO3,red P.
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9

C
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Which of the following exists as a covalent crystal in solid state?
A. Iodine
B. Silicon
C. Phosphorus
D. Sulphur

B
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A
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B
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B
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B
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The the of unit cells that exist only as primitive is
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

B
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An alloy of copper, silver and gold is found to have copper
constituting the face-centred cubic (FCC) lattice. If silver atoms
occupy the edge centres and gold is present at body centre, the
alloy has a formula
A. Cu4Ag2Au
B. Cu4Ag4Au
C. Cu4Ag3Au
D. CuAgAu

C
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Sodium metal crystallizes in BCC lattice with the cell
edge, a = 4.29 Å. What is the radius of the sodium
atom?
A. 1.86 Å
B. 2.15 Å
C. 4.29 Å
D. 2.94 Å

A
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In a primitive cubic unit cell if x , y & z are first ,second

and third coordination numbers then find x + y - z =?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12

B
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Solid State-Radius Ratios
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The minimum distance between two tetrahedral voids is

x.a/y ,where a=edge length and x & y are numbers,then
x+y=?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

C
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A
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[Integer Type]

2
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A
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B
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A
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The presence of excess sodium in sodium chloride makes

the crystal appearance yellow. This is due to the presence
of

A. Schottky defect
B. Frenkel defect
C. F-centres
D. Interstitial defects

C
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B
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A
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