Assertion: In the rock salt type structure, all the octahedral voids are occupied by Na+ ions. Reason: Number of octahedral voids = Number of Cl− ions in the packing.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is not correct
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D
Assertion is not correct but Reason is correct
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E
Both Assertion and Reason are not correct
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Solution
The correct option is B Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion In rock salt structure, Cl− ions are present at ccp sites and Na+ ions are present at all the octahedral voids. In cubic closed packing, the number of octahedral voids is equal to the number of atoms at the ccp sites.