AIIMS 2017
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2017
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Solid State
AIIMS 2017 · Chemistry · Solid State
Assertion: The number of tetrahedral voids is double the number of...
Assertion: The number of tetrahedral voids is double the number of octahedral voids.
Reason: The size of the tetrahedral voids is half of that of the octahedral void.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
Step-by-step solution
The size of tetrahedral voids is smaller but not half of that of the octahedral voids.