Explain:
(i) The basis of similarities and differences between metallic and ionic crystals.
(ii) Ionic solids are hard and brittle.
(i) Metallic and ionic crystals
Similarities:
(a) There is electrostatic force of attraction in both metallic and ionic crystals.
(b) Both have high melting points.
(c) Bonds are non-directional in both the cases.
Differences:
(a) Ionic crystals are bad conductors of electricity in solids state as ions are not free to move. They can conduct electricity only in die molten state or in aqueous solution. Metallic crystals are good conductors of electricity in solid state as electrons are free to move.
(b) Ionic bond is strong due to strong electrostatic forces of attraction.
Metallic bond may be strong or weak depending upon the number of valence electrons and the size of the kernels.
(ii) Ionic solids are hard and brittle.Ionic solids are hard due to the presence of strong electrostatic forces of attraction. The brittleness in ionic crystals is due to the non- directional bonds in them.
Explain how vacancies are introduced in an ionic solid when a cation of higher valence is added as an impurity in it.
Gold (atomic radius = 0.144 nm) crystallises in a face centred unit cell. What is the length of the side of the unit cell ?
The total number of tetrahedral voids in the face centered unit cell is
(a) 6 (c) 10
(b) 8 (d) 12
‘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?
The number of tetrahedral voids per unit cell in NaCl crystal is
(c) twice the number of octahedral voids
(d) four times the number of octahedral voids
Why does the electrical conductivity of semiconductors increase with rise in temperature?
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.
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?
Which of the following lattices has the highest packing efficiency (i) simple cubic (ii) body- centred cubic and (iii) hexagonal close-packed lattice?
What makes a glass different from a solid such as quartz? Under what conditions could quartz be converted into glass?
(i) What is meant by the term coordination number’?
(ii) What is the coordination number of atom
(a) in a cubic close-packed structure?
(b) in a body centred cubic structure?
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.
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.
Explain how vacancies are introduced in an ionic solid when a cation of higher valence is added as an impurity in it.
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?
Classify .the following solids in different categories based on the nature of intermolecular forces operating in them: Potassium sulphate, tin, benzene, urea, ammonia, water, zinc sulphide, graphite, rubidium, argon, silicon carbide
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?
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
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.
A cubic solid is made up of two elements P and Q. Atoms of Q are at the corners of the cube and P at the body centre. What is the formula of the compound? What are the coordination numbers of P and Q?
If the radius of the octahedral void is r and radius of the atoms in close-packing is R, derive relation between rand R.
(i) What is meant by the term ‘coordination number’?
(ii) What is the coordination number of atom
(a) in a cubic close-packed structure?
(b) in a body centred cubic structure?
Classify each of the following as being either a p-type or n-type semiconductor :
In terms of band theory, what is the difference
Ionic solids, which have anionic vacancies due to metal excess defect, develop colour. Explain with the help of a suitable example.
Cations are present in the interstitial sites in
(a) Frenkel defect (b) Schottky defect
(c) vacancy defect (d) metal deficiency defect .
What is the coordination number in a square close packed structure in two dimensions? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
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?
A sample of ferrous oxide has actual formula Fe0.93 O1.00. In this sample, what fraction of metal ions are Fe2+ ions? What is the type of non-stoichiometric defect present in this sample? '
Wh ich of the following lattices has the highest packing efficiency (i) simple cubic (ii) body-centered cubic and (iii) hexagonal close-packed lattice?
What type of defect can arise when a solid is heated? Which physical property is affected by it and in what way?
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
What is the two-dimensional coordination number of a molecule in square close-packed layer?
What type of defect can arise when a solid is heated? Which physical property is affected by it and in what way?
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?
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
Which of the following is not true about voids formed in three dimensional hexagonal close packed structure?
(a) A tetrahedral void is formed when a sphere of the second layer is present above triangular void in the first layer
(b) All the triangular voids are not covered by the spheres of the second layer
(c) Tetrahedral voids are formed when the triangular voids in the second layer lie above the triangular voids in the first layer and the triangular voids in the first layer and the triangular shapes of these voids do not overlap
(d) Octahedral voids are formed when the triangular voids in the second layer exactly overlap with similar voids in the first layer.
Which of the following statements are true about semiconductors?
(a) Silicon doped with an electron rich impurity is a p-type semiconductor
(b) Silicon doped with an electron rich impurity is an n-type semiconductor
(c) Delocalised electrons increase the conductivity of doped silicon
(d) An electron vacancy increases the conductivity of type semiconductor
An excess of potassium ions makes KCl crystals appear violet or Lilac in colour since
(a) some of the anionic sites are occupied by an unpaired electron
(b) some of the anionic sites are occupied by a pair of electrons
(c) there are vacancies at some’anionic sites
(d) F-centres are created which impart colour to the crystals
