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Answer to: Assertion (A): Total number of octahedral voids present in unit cell of cubic close packing including the one that is present at the body centre, is four.

(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong. Explanation: All edge centres and body centre represent octahedral void. Total number of octahedr...

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Answer to: Assertion (A): Graphite is a good conductor of electricity, however, diamond belongs to the category of insulators.

(b) Assertion and Reason both are correct statements but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion. Explanation: Diamond is bad conducto...

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Answer to: Assertion (A): The total number of atoms present in a simple cubic unit cell is one.

(a) Assertion and Reason both are correct statements and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion. Explanation: In simple cubic unit cell, ...

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Answer to: Under which situations can an amorphous substance change to crystalline form?

An amorphous solid on heating at some temperature may become crystalline. Slow heating and cooling over a long period makes an amorphous solid acquire...

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Answer to: In a compound, nitrogen atoms (N) make cubic close packed lattice and metal atoms (M) occupy one-third of the tetrahedral voids present.

In ccp, no. of atoms per unit cell = 4 Thus, of tetrahedral voids = 2 x No. of atoms in ccp = 2 x 4 = 8 Only one-third of tetrahedral voids are oc...

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Answer to: Why does the electrical conductivity of semiconductors increase with rise in temperature?

The energy gap between valence band and conduction band is small. At room temperature, they do not conduct electricity but when temperature is raised ...

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Answer to: Why does white ZnO (s) become yellow upon heating?

When ZnO is heated, it splits up to give Zn2+, electrons and colour because of the following reasons: The excess Zn ions thus formed get entrapped ...

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Answer to: Why is FeO(s) not formed in stoichiometric composition?

Iron oxide (FeO) has rock salt structure. In this case, O2 ions adopt on sites and Fe2+ ions should occupy non- stoichiometric. This is the ideal ar...

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Answer to: Why does table salt, NaCl sometimes appear yellow in colour?

The yellow colour of sodium chloride crystals is due to metal excess defect. In this defect, the unpaired electrons get trapped in anion vacancies. Th...

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Answer to: In spite of long range order in the arrangement of particles why are the crystals usually not perfect?

Crystals have long range in the arrangement of particles but usually the crystals are not perfect this is because when crystallisation occurs at a fas...

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Answer to: Why are solids incompressible?

The intermuclear distance between the constituent particles (atoms, molecules or ions) in solids are very less. On bringing them further closer, there...

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Answer to: Why are liquids and gases categorized as fluids?

The liquids and gases have a property to flow i.e., the molecules of liquids and gases can easily move fast and tumble over one another freely. Becaus...

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Answer to: Which of the following defects decrease the density?

(b, d) Explanation: Vacancy and Schottky defect which lead to decrease the density both are the types of a stoichiometric defect. In case of Frenk...

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Answer to: Frenkel defect is also known as (a) stoichiometric defect (b) dislocation defect

(a, b) Explanation: In Frenkel defect, dislocation of cations takes place and there is no change in stoichiometry of the crystal.

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Answer to: In which of the following arrangements octahedral voids are formed?

(a, d) Explanation: In hep and fee arrangement, octahedral voids are formed. In fee, the octahedral voids are observed at edge and centre of cube ...

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Answer to: Which of the following cannot be regarded as molecular solid?

(a, b, c) Explanation: SiC, AIN and diamond are examples of network solid as they have three dimensional structure while, I2 is a molecular solid,...

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Answer to: Which of the following features are not shown by quartz glass?

(a, c) Explanation: Quartz glass is an amorphous solid so it has not definite heat of fusion. This is due to short range order of molecule while q...

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Answer to: Which of the following statements are correct? (a) Ferrimagnetic substances lose ferrimagnetism on heating and become paramagnetic

(a, d) Explanation: Ferrimagnetic substances lose ferrimagnetism on heating and become paramagnetic. In ferromagnetic substance, domains are align...

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Answer to: Amorphous solids can also be called

(a, c) Explanation: Amorphous solid has short range order which has a tendency to flow very slowly. Hence, it is also known as pseudo solids or su...

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Answer to: The number of tetrahedral voids per unit cell in NaCl crystal is

(c, d) Explanation: NaCl has fee arrangement of CF ions. Thus, Number of CF ions in packing per unit cell = 4 Number of tetrahedral voids = ...

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