MHT CET Chemistry question

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In crystalline solid few of the cations moved from their positions into the interstitial position. The defect is called as

(A)Interstitial defect
(B)Frenkel defectCorrect
(C)Schottky defect
(D)Line defect

Answer: (B)

Solution

When some cations leave their lattice sites and occupy interstitial positions, the defect is the Frenkel (dislocation) defect; a Schottky defect is a pair of cation and anion vacancies, and a line

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