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JEE Advanced · Chemistry · 15. Solid State

For the given close packed structure of a salt made of cation X and anion Y shown below (ions of only one face are shown for clarity), the packing fraction is approximately (packing fraction =packing efficiency100)

  1. A 0.74
  2. B 0.63
  3. C 0.52
  4. D 0.48
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(B) 0.63

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Total number of atoms in a unit cell No. of x =6×12=3 atom (at face centres) No. of y =8×18=1 atom (at all corners)
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