Solid State Class 12 Chemistry Maharashtra Board Textbook Solution

3. Answer the following in brief.

x. Obtain the relationship between density of a substance and the edge length of unit cell.

Answer:-

(1) Consider a cubic unit cell of edge length ‘a’.
The volume of unit cell = a3

(2) If there are ‘n’ particles per unit cell and the mass of particle is ‘m’, then
Mass of unit cell = m × n.

(3) If the density of the unit cell of the substance is p then
Density of unit cell = \(\frac{\text { Mass of unit cell }}{\text { Volume of unit cell }}\)
ρ = m x n / a3

Solid State Class 12 Chemistry Maharashtra Board Textbook Solution