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Question
Out of NaCl and AgCl, which one shows Frenkel defect and why?
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Solution
The Frenkel defect is that in which one smaller ion (usually cations) move from its lattice position to an interstitial site i.e. a tetrahedral octahedral hole to form a vacancy in the lattice. Of course, AgCl has the defect because the size of AgCl is intermediate and since the size of Ag+ cation is smaller than chloride ion so it can move to interstitial spaces causing Frenkel to defect while in NaCl (alkali metal halide) they have a larger size of cations which do not fit into voids and so the defect is not shown by the alkali metal halides.
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