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  4. In a solid A B having the NaCl structure, A atoms occupy the corners of the cubic unit cell. If all the face centred atoms along one of the axes are removed, then the resultant stoichiometry of the solid is

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Q. In a solid $A B$ having the $NaCl$ structure, $A$ atoms occupy the corners of the cubic unit cell. If all the face centred atoms along one of the axes are removed, then the resultant stoichiometry of the solid is

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Solution:

In $NaCl , Na^+$ ' occupies body centre and edge centres while $Cl ^{-}$ occupies corners and fuce centres, giving four $Na ^{+}$and four $Cl ^{-}$ per unit cell. In the present case $A$ represent $Cl ^{-}$and $B$ represents $Na ^{+}$. Two face centres lies on one axis.
$\Rightarrow$ Number of $A$ removed $=2 \times \frac{1}{2}=1$
Number of $B$ is removed because it is not present on face centres.
$\Rightarrow A$ reinaining $=4-1=3, B$ remaining $=4$,
Formula $=A_{3} B_{4}$