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(a) In a crystalline solid having molecular formula A 2 B anion B are arranged in cubic close packed lattice and cations A are equally distributed between octahedral and tetrahedral voids (i) What percentage of octahedral voids is occupied? (ii) What percentage of tetrahedral voids is occupied?


(a) In a crystalline solid having molecular formula A2B anion B are arranged in cubic close packed lattice and cations A are equally distributed between octahedral and tetrahedral voids


 

      (i)   What percentage of octahedral voids is occupied?


 

      (ii) What percentage of tetrahedral voids is occupied?


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KARAN ACHARYA
52 Points
12 years ago

no. of  B ions = 4    [cubic closed packed]

no . of octahedral voids = 4 

no. of tetrahedral voids = 8 

 

since the molecular formula is A2B 

so no. of A ions = 8 

4 in tetrahedral' 4 in octahedral 

 

hence percentage of octahedral void occupied = 100

percentage of tetrahedral void occupied = 50

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