Physical Chemistry MCQ with Answers

Physical Chemistry MCQ with Answers

71) The edge length of cube is 400 pm. Its body diagonal would be:

Answer is:

693 pm

Explanation:

In bcc, body diagonal = √3a.

72) What is the simplest formula of a solid whose cubic unit cell has the atom A at each corner, the atom B at each face center and atom C at the body center?

Answer is:

AB₃C

73) A compound alloy of gold and copper crystallizes in a cube lattice in which the gold atoms occupy the lattice points at the corners of cube and copper atoms occupy the centers of each of the cube faces. The formula of this compound is:

Answer is:

AuCu₃

74) The unit cell of a metallic element of atomic mass 10⁸ and density 10.5 gm⁄cm², is a cube with edge length of 409 pm. The structure of the crystal lattice is:

Answer is:

fcc

Explanation:

ρ = (Z x M)⁄(N x a³)

75) Copper metal has a fcc structure with a unit cell length of 0.361 nm. Picturing copper ions in contact along the face diagonal, the apparent radius of the copper ion is:

Answer is:

0.128

Explanation:

For fcc, radius = √2a⁄4

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