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Why cations are smaller in size and anions are bigger in size in case of Ionic crystals?

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Q. What is the defect exhibted by the ionic crystal when the difference in the size of cations and anions is large?

Are all the cations in the periodic table are smaller in size with respect to all anions in the periodic table

Q. Statement 1: KCl is more likely to show schottky defect while Lil is more likely to show Frenkel defect.
Statement 2: Schottky defect is more likely in ionic solids in which cations and anions are of comparable size while Frenkel defect is more likely is which cations and anions have large differences in their ionic sizes.

Q. Assertion: In crystal lattice, size of the cation is larger in a tetrahedral hole than in an octahedral hole.
Reason: The cations occupy more space than anions in crystal packing.

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