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Solid State

Maharashtra Board · Class 12 · Chemistry

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Classification of Solids

  • Solids are classified into two main types: Crystalline solids (regular arrangement) and Amorphous solids (irregular arrangement)
  • Crystalline solids have sharp melting points, are anisotropic (except cubic), and show long-range order
  • Amorphous solids soften gradually over temperature range, are isotropic, and have short-range order only
2

Crystal Lattices and Unit Cells

  • Crystal = Lattice + Basis (constituent particles attached to lattice points)
  • Four types of unit cells: Primitive (simple), Body-centered, Face-centered, Base-centered
  • Seven crystal systems based on unit cell parameters (a, b, c) and angles (α, β, γ)
3

Close Packing and Coordination

  • Close packing maximizes space utilization and intermolecular attractions
  • 1D packing: spheres in contact in a row
  • 2D packing: Square (AAAA, coordination = 4) and Hexagonal (ABAB, coordination = 6)
4

Crystal Defects

  • Point defects: irregularities at specific lattice points
  • Stoichiometric defects: Vacancy, Self-interstitial, Schottky, Frenkel
  • Vacancy defect: missing atoms, decreases density

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Crystalline solids have ordered arrangementIonic crystals (NaCl)Unit cell is smallest repeating unitHexagonal layers stack as ABABStoichiometric defects preserve composition

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