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Consider the figure of a defective cryst...

Consider the figure of a defective crystal :
(a) Name the defect shown by this diagram.
(b) What is the effect of this defect on the solid ?
(c) Name as ionic compound which can show this type of defect.

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(a) Frenkel defect since cation size is smallar than that of the anion.
(b) No change in density since cation size is smaller than that of the anion.
(c) ZnS.
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