MHT CET Chemistry question

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The intermetallic compound LiAg crystallizes in cubic lattice in which both lithium and silver have co-ordination number eight. The crystal class is .

(A)Simple cubic
(B)Body centred cubicCorrect
(C)Hexagonal close packed
(D)Face centred cubic

Answer: (B)

Solution

Coordination number 8 for both kinds of atoms is characteristic of the body-centred cubic arrangement (CsCl type) with one atom at the

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Question ID VK-042718