Chemistry

The Solid State

Question:

A group 14 element is to be converted into n-type semiconductor by doping it with a suitable impurity. To which group should this impurity belong?

Answer:

Impurity from group 15 should be added to get n-type semiconductor.

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The Solid State

Q 1.

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

Q 2.

Non-stoichiometric cuprous oxide, Cu2O can be prepared in laboratory. In this oxide, copper to oxygen ratio is slightly less than 2:1. Can you account for the fact that this substance is a p-type semiconductor?

Q 3.

Which of the following lattices has the highest packing efficiency (i) simple cubic (ii) body- centred cubic and (iii) hexagonal close-packed lattice?

Q 4.

Explain how vacancies are introduced in an ionic solid when a cation of higher valence is added as an impurity in it.

Q 5.

 Define the term ‘amorphous’. Give a few examples of amorphous solids.

Q 6.

A compound forms hexagonal close-packed. structure. What is the total number of voids in  0. 5 mol of it? How many of these are tetrahedral voids?

Q 7.

Classify each of the following solids as ionic, metallic, modular, network (covalent) or amorphous:
(i) Tetra phosphorus decoxide (P4O10) (ii) Ammonium phosphate, (NH4)3P04 (iii) SiC (iv) I2 (v) P4  (vii) Graphite (viii), Brass (ix) Rb (x) LiBr (xi) Si

Q 8.

Which of the following represents correct order of conductivity in solids?
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Q 9.

What is the two-dimensional coordination number of a molecule in a square close-packed layer?

Q 10.

Calculate the efficiency of packing in case of a metal crystal for (i) simple cubic, (ii) body centred cubic, and (iii) face centred cubic (with the assumptions that atoms are touching each other).

Q 11.

What is the coordination number in a square close packed structure in two dimensions?  (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6

Q 12.

A group 14 element is to be converted into n-type semiconductor by doping it with a suitable impurity. To which group should this impurity belong?

Q 13.

Ionic solids, which have anionic vacancies due to metal excess defect, develop colour. Explain with the help of a suitable example.

Q 14.

 How many lattice points are there is one unit cell of each of the following lattices?
(i) Face centred cubic (if) Face centred tetragonal (iii) Body centred cubic

Q 15.

Classify the following as amorphous or crystalline solids: Polyurethane, naphthalene, benzoic acid, Teflon, potassium nitrate, cellophane, polyvinyl chloride, fibreglass, copper

Q 16.

Name the parameters that characterise a unit cell.

Q 17.

Which of the following statements are correct?
(a) Ferrimagnetic substances lose ferrimagnetism on heating and become paramagnetic
(b) Ferrimagnetic’substances do not lose ferrimagnetism on heating and remain ferrimagnetic
(c) Antiferromagnetic substances have domain structure similar to ferromagnetic substances and their magnetic moments are not cancelled by each other
(d) In ferromagnetic substances, all the domains get oriented in the direction of magnetic field and remain as such even after removing magnetic field.

Q 18.

Why are solids incompressible?

Q 19.

In a compound, nitrogen atoms (N) make cubic close packed lattice and metal atoms (M) occupy one-third of the tetrahedral voids present. Determine the formula of the compound formed by M and N?

Q 20.

Gold (atomic radius = 0.144 nm) crystallises in a face centred unit cell. What is the length of the side of the unit cell ?

Q 21.

If NaCI is doped with 10-3 mol % SrCl2, what is the concentration of cation vacancies?

Q 22.

Explain the following with suitable example:

  1. Ferromagnetism
  2. Paramagnetism
  3. Ferrimagnetism
  4. Antiferromagnetism
  5. 12-16 and 13-15 group compounds.

Q 23.

Why do solids have a definite volume?

Q 24.

In which of the following structure coordination number for cations and anions in the packed structure will be same?
(a) Cl ions form fee lattice and Na+ ions occupy all octahedral voids of the unit cell.
(b) Ca2+ ions form fee lattice and F- ions occupy all the eight tetrahedral voids of the unit cell
(c) O2- ions form fee lattice and Na+ ions occupy all the eight tetrahedral voids of the unit cell
(d) S2- ions form fee lattice and Zn2+ ions go into alternate tetrahedral voids of the unit cell.

Q 25.

A perfect crystal of silicon (fig) is doped with some elements as given in the options. Which of these options show n-type semiconductors?
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Q 26.

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

Q 27.

Explain why does conductivity of germanium crystals increase on doping with gallium?

Q 28.

Match the items given in Column I with the items given in Column II.
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Q 29.

Explain how many portions of an atom located at
(i)corner and (ii)body centre of a cubic unit cell is part of its neighbouring unit cell.

Q 30.

Solid A is a very hard electrical insulator in. solid as well as in molten state and melts at  extremely high temperature. What type of solid is it?

Q 31.

Ionic solids, which have anionic vacancies due to metal excess defect, develop colour. Explain with the help of a suitable example.

Q 32.

Define the term amorphous'. Give a few examples of amorphous solids.

Q 33.

Copper crystallises into a fee lattice with edge length 3.61 x 10-8 cm. Show that the calculated density is in agreement with its measured value of 8.92 gcm-3.

Q 34.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a crystalline solid?
(a) Definite and characteristic heat of fusion
(b) Isotropic nature
(c) A regular periodically repeated pattern of arrangement of constituent particles in the entire crystal
(d) A true solid

Q 35.

Cations are present in the interstitial sites in
(a) Frenkel defect (b) Schottky defect
(c) vacancy defect (d) metal deficiency defect .

Q 36.

The value of magnetic moment is zero in the case of antiferromagnetic substances because the domains …
(a) get oriented in the direction of the applied magnetic field
(b) get oriented opposite to the direction of the applied magnetic field
(c) are oppositely oriented with respect to each other without the application of magnetic field
(d) cancel out each other's magnetic moment

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

Classify each of the following solids as ionic, metallic, modular, network (covalent), or amorphous:
(i) Tetra phosphorus decoxide (P4O10) (ii) Ammonium phosphate, (NH4)3PO4 (iii) SiC (iv) I2 (v) P(vii) Graphite (viii), Brass (ix) Rb (x) LiBr (xi) Si

Q 39.

 ‘Stability of a crystal is reflected in the magnitude of its melting points’. Comment. Collect melting points of solid water, ethyl alcohol, diethyl ether and methane from a data book. What can you say about the intermolecular forces between these molecules?

Q 40.

Silver crystallises in fcc lattice. If edge length of the cell is 4.07 x 10-8 cm and density is 10.5 g cm-3, calculate the atomic mass of silver.

Q 41.

Copper crystallises into a fee lattice with edge length 3.61 x 10-8 cm. Show that the calculated density is in agreement with its measured value of 8.92 gcm-3.

Q 42.

Ferric oxide crystallises in a hexagonal dose- packed array of oxide ions with two out of every three octahedral holes occupied by ferric ions. Derive the formula of the ferric oxide.

Q 43.

What is the two-dimensional coordination number of a molecule in square close-packed layer?

Q 44.

What type of defect can arise when a solid is heated? Which physical property is affected by it and in what way?

Q 45.

What type of stoichiometric defect is shown by:
(i)ZnS (ii)AgBr

Q 46.

How will you distinguish between the following pairs of terms:
(i) Cubic close packing and hexagonal close packing?
(ii) Crystal lattice and unit cell?
(iii) Tetrahedral void and octahedral void?

Q 47.

Niobium crystallises in a body centred cubic structure. If density is 8.55 g cm-3, calculate atomic radius of niobium, using its atomic mass 93u.

Q 48.

If the radius of the octahedral void is r and radius of the atoms in close-packing is R, derive relation between rand R.

Q 49.

Which of the following is not the characteristic of ionic solids?
(a) Very low value of electrical conductivity in the molten state
(b) Brittle nature
(c) Very strong forces of interactions
(d) Anisotropic nature

Q 50.

In which pair most efficient packing is present?
(a) hep and bcc (b) hep and ccp
(c) bcc and ccp (d) bcc and simple cubic cell