JEE Main Chemistry question

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The intermetallic compound LiAg crystallizes in a cubic lattice in which both lithium and silver have coordination number of eight. The crystal class is

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

Answer: (A)

Solution

A structure with both ion types at coordination number 8 is the CsCl-type arrangement, which is formally described as two interpenetrating simple cubic lattices (one of Li,

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Question ID VK-134214