JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryThe Solid StateJEE Main

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Find the coordination number of in .

Answer: 4

Solution

adopts the antifluorite structure: the ions form a ccp (fcc) lattice, with effectively 4 ions per unit cell, and the ions occupy all of the available tetrahedral voids, giving 8 ions per unit cell (consistent with the stoichiometry, $8:4 =

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