Solid State Question 15

Question: The number of unit cells in 58.8 g of $ NaCl $ is nearly

Options:

A) $ 6\times 10^{20} $

B) $ 3\times 10^{22} $

C) $ 1.5\times 10^{23} $

D) $ 0.5\times 10^{24} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

[c] Number of unit cells $ =\frac{N _{A}\times Wt.ofsubstance}{M.Wt.\times Z} $

$ =\frac{6.023\times 10^{23}\times 58.8}{58.8\times 4}=1.5\times 10^{23} $