JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry The Solid State / ठोस प्रावस्था Question Bank Topic Test - Solid State

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    Select the right expression for determining packing fraction (PF) of \[NaCl\] unit cell (assume ideal), if ions along an edge diagonal are absent

    A) \[PF=\frac{\frac{4}{3}\pi \left( r_{+}^{3}+r_{-}^{3} \right)}{16\sqrt{2}r_{-}^{3}}\]

    B) \[PF=\frac{\frac{4}{3}\pi \left( \frac{5}{3}r_{+}^{3}+4r_{-}^{3} \right)}{16\sqrt{2}r_{-}^{3}}\]

    C) \[PF=\frac{\frac{4}{3}\pi \left( \frac{5}{2}r_{+}^{3}+r_{-}^{3} \right)}{16\sqrt{2}r_{-}^{3}}\]

    D) \[PF=\frac{\frac{4}{3}\pi \left( \frac{7}{2}r_{+}^{3}+r_{-}^{3} \right)}{16\sqrt{2}r_{-}^{3}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b] Effective number of
    \[N{{a}^{+}}=4-\left( 1+2\times \frac{1}{4} \right)=\frac{5}{2}\]
                Effective number of \[C{{l}^{-}}=4\sqrt{2}a=4{{r}^{-}}\]
    \[PF=\frac{\text{Volume}\,\text{of}\,\text{effective}\,\text{number}\,\text{of}\,\text{cations}\,\text{and}\,\text{anions}}{\text{Volume}\,\text{of}\ \text{unit}\,\text{cell}}\]


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