Solid State Question 231

Question: The number of unit cells in $ 58.5g $ of $ NaCl $ is nearly

[MP PMT 2000, 01]

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:

$ 58.5gNaCl=1mole $

$ =6.02\times 10^{23}N{{a}^{+}}C{{l}^{-}}units $ . One unit cell contains $ 4N{{a}^{+}}C{{l}^{-}} $ units. Hence number of unit cell present $ =\frac{6.02\times 10^{23}}{4} $

$ =1.5\times 10^{23} $ .