Q-> Lithium chloride has a cubic structure as shown below. If the edge length is 400 pm, then the radii of Cl− ions is(A) 100 pm(B) 200 pm(C) 141.4 pm(D) 282.8 pm
Radhika Batra , 11 Years ago
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Amit Saxena
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For the cube as given, the Cl− ions are at the corners and one each in the face centre i.e., it is a ccp structure.
For a ccp structure, 4r− =
The face diagonal =
On the face diagonal there are only Cl− ions
\ 4r− =
or r− = 1.414 × 400/4 = 141.4 pm
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