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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
What type of stoichiometric defect is shown by ZnS and why?
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उत्तर
The stoichiometric defect shown by ZnS is Frenkel defect which is due to the large difference in the size of the ions, i.e. due to the small size of Zn2+.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Out of NaCl and AgCl, which one shows Frenkel defect and why?
Ionic solids containing large differences in sizes of ions show ____________.
Frenkel defects are not found in alkali metal halides because ____________.
The following diagram shows:

Assertion: Due to Frenkel defect, there is no effect on the density of the crystalline solid.
Reason: In Frenkel defect, no cation or anion leaves the crystal.
Cations are present in the interstitial sites in ______.
Which of the following statements are not true?
(i) Vacancy defect results in a decrease in the density of the substance.
(ii) Interstitial defects results in an increase in the density of the substance.
(iii) Impurity defect has no effect on the density of the substance.
(iv) Frankel defect results in an increase in the density of the substance.
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion: In any ionic solid (MX) with Schottky defects, the number of positive and negative ions are same.
Reason: Equal number of cation and anion vacancies are present.
Schottky defect is noticed in ______
Which type of ‘defect’ has the presence of cations in the interstitial sites?
