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प्रश्न
Schottky defect is observed in crystals when ______.
पर्याय
some cations move from their lattice site to interstitial sites.
equal number of cations and anions are missing from the lattice.
some lattice sites are occupied by electrons.
some impurity is present in the lattice.
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उत्तर
Schottky defect is observed in crystals when equal number of cations and anions are missing from the lattice.
Explanation:
| Defect | Definition | Type of solid |
Effect of defect on density of substance |
Structure of crystal (with defect) |
| Schottky defect |
A crystal is said to have Schottky defect if equal number of cations and anions are missing from their normal lattice site there by creating vacancies or holes. |
Ionic solid |
Decreases | ![]() Schottky defect in a crystal |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain the following term with a suitable example:
Interstitials
Examine the given defective crystal:

Answer the following questions :
(i) What type of stoichiometric defect is shown by the crystal?
(ii) How is the density of the crystal affected by this defect?
(iii) What type of ionic substances show such defect?
What type of defect is shown by NaCl in
stoichiometric defects, and
Out of NaCl and AgCl, which one shows Frenkel defect and why?
Answer the following question.
What type of stoichiometric defect is shown by ZnS and why?
Defect shown by non-ionic solids is ____________.
Frenkel defects are not found in alkali metal halides because ____________.
Type of stoichiometric defect shown by ZnS is ____________.
The following diagram shows:

Which is not correct about the Schottky defects?
Which of the following crystals does not exhibit Frenkel defect?
In a Schottky defect ____________.
Cations are present in the interstitial sites in ______.
Which of the following defects is also known as dislocation defect?
Which of the following defects decrease the density?
(i) Interstitial defect
(ii) Vacancy defect
(iii) Frankel defect
(iv) Schottky defect
Why is FeO (s) not formed in stoichiometric composition?
Match the defects given in Column I with the statements in given Column II.
| Column I | Column II |
| (i) Simple vacancy defect | (a) shown by non-ionic solids and increases density of the solid. |
| (ii) Simple interstitial defect | (b) shown by ionic solids and decreases density of the solid. |
| (iii) Frenkel defect | (c) shown by non ionic solids and density of the solid decreases. |
| (iv) Schottky defect | (d) shown by ionic solids and density of the solid remains the same. |
Schottky defect is noticed in ______

