Covalent or network solid are insulator (except graphite) and have very high melting point.
Solid State
For an Fcc crystal
For a fcc unit cell
Closest distance (2r) =
O–2 ions form ccp O4. M1 = 50% octahedral void =
= 2 M2 = 12.5% tetrahedral void =
= 1 So formula is : (M1)2(M2)1O4 Let charge on M1 and M2 are +x and +y respectively.
And O4 has -8 charge.
As crystal is neutral.
So metals must have +8 charge in total. +2x + y = 8 ....(
1) By checking options we found eq (1) satisfy when x = +2 y = +4
Distance between nearest octahedral voids (O.V.) =
=
=
9103 =
M = 0.0305 kg mol–1
In FCC, tetrahedral voids are located on the body diagonal at a distance of
from the corner. Together they form a smaller cube of edge length
.
(A) Crystalline solids have definite arrangement of constituent particles and have long range order.
(C), (D) Different constituent particles of an amorphous solid have different bond strengths and soften over a range of temperatures.
For
structure
In
the atoms touch along body diagonal