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Chemistry Solid State General Single Correct MCQ
Published on: August 13, 2026

Which of the following statements is not true about the voids?

A
Octahedral void is formed at the centre of six spheres which lie at the apices of a regular octahedron.
B
There is one octahedral site for each sphere.
C
There are two tetrahedral sites for each sphere.
D
Octahedral voids are formed when the triangular voids in seconds layer exactly overlap with similar voids in the first layer.

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The correct answer is:
D

Octahedral sites are created by overlapping two equilateral triangle with Apices in opposite directions.

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