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Each rubidium halide crystallising in the NaCl type lattice has a unit cell length 0.30 A greater than the corresponding potassium salt (rK+=1.33 A) of the same halogen. Hence, ionic radius of Rb+ is:


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1.03 A

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1.18 A
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1.48 A
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1.63 A
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Solution

The correct option is C 1.48 A
As RbX crystallises in an NaCl type lattice, the unit cell length of RbX=2(rRb++rX)
Unit cell length of KX=2(rK++rX)
2(rRb++rX)2(rK++rX)=0.30 A
Or, rRb+rK+=0.15 A
Or, rRb+=rK++0.15 A
Or, rRb+=1.33 A+0.15 A
Or, rRb+=1.48 A

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