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Cesium chloride forms a body-centered cubic lattice. Cesium and chloride ions are in contact along the body diagonal of the unit cell. The length of the side of the unit cell is 412 pm and Cl ion has a radius of 181 pm. Calculate the radius (in pm) of Cs+ ion.

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176
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350
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88
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201
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Solution

The correct option is A 176
As we know, for body-centered cubic lattice,

r=3a4

r+r+=2r=3a2

181+r+=3×4122

r+=176 pm

Hence, the correct option is A

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