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Spinel is a important class of oxides consisting of two types of metal ions with the oxide ions arranged in CCP pattern. The normal spinel has one eight of the tetrahedral holes occupied by one type of metal ion and one half of the octahedral holes occupied by another type of metal ion. Such a spinel is formed by $Z n^{2 +}, A l^{3 +}, O^{2 -}$ with $Z n^{2 +}$ in the tetrahedral holes. Give the formula of spinel :

Z n A l_{2} O_{4}

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Z n_{2} A l O_{4}

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Z n_{2} A l_{2} O_{4}

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None of the above

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The correct option is A $Z n A l_{2} O_{4}$
The formula of spinel is $Z n A l_{2} O_{4}$
The general formula of spinels is $A B_{2} O_{4}$ or $A [B_{2}] O_{4}$ where square bracket represents the cations occupying octahedral sites.
The spinel structure consists of an fcc array of oxide ions in which the A cations occupy one-eighth of the tetrahedral holes and the B cations occupy the octahedral holes.
In inverse spinels, the cation distribution is $B [A B] O_{4}$

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