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SHEET – 1 SOLID STATE
(Type of Solids, Unit Cell, Bravais Lattice)
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1. Which type of Crystalline solid are good conductor of electricity and heat?
2. Give two examples of covalent solids-
3. Which type of crystals system contain one Bravais lattice?
4. Why crystalline solid are anisotropic?
5. Classify the crystalline form of the following substances as ionic crystals covalent crystals, molecular crystals,
or metallic crystals : (a) CO2, (b) B, (c) S8, (d) KBr, (e) Mg, (f) SiO2, (g) LiCl, (h) Cr
6. Carborundum (silicon carbide) is a very hard substance with very high melting point and is used as abrasive.
Give reason.
7. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine form molecular solids, yet the melting point increases from fluorine to
iodine. Explain.
8. What makes a glass different from a solid such as quartz? Under what conditions quarts could be converted
into glass?
9. Carborundum (silicon carbide) is a very hard substance with very high melting point and is used as abrasive.
Give reason.
10. The unit cell present in the crystal lattice of diamond is
(A) cube (B) tetragonal (C) hexagonal (D) trigonal
LEVEL - 2
11. The unit cell with crystallographic dimensions
a = b c; = = = 90° is
(A) Cubic (B) Tetragonal (C) Monoclinic (D) Hexagonal
19. Diamond and rhombic (solid) sulphur both having covalent bond are covalent solids, the later has very low
m.pt. in comparison and diamond. Explain.
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