JEE Main 2012 Chemistry question

ChemistryThe Solid StateJEE Main 2012

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Ammonium chloride crystallizes in a body centred cubic lattice with edge length of unit cell of 390 pm. If the size of chloride ion is 180pm, the size of ammonium ion would be

Answer: (2)

Solution

In the CsCl-type (bcc) structure the ions touch along the body diagonal: $ + =

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