For the given close packed structure of a salt made of cation X and anion Y shown below (ions of only one…

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. 0.74
  2. 0.63
  3. 0.52
  4. 0.48

Solution

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)

So, the formula of compound is x3y

Now

If radius of x is r and radius of y is R then side length a=2R

and face diagonal 2a=2R+2r

r=21R

Now Packing fraction =volume of atoms Volume of unit cell

=1×43πR3+3×43πr3a3

Substituting a=2 R and r=0.414 R

=43πR31+30.41432R3

=4π3×8 1+0.07096×3

=π6×1.212=0.63

Asked in: JEE Advanced 2021 (Paper 1)

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