An element has a face-centred cubic (fcc) structure with a cell edge of $$a$$. The distance between the centres of two nearest tetrahedral voids in the lattice is :

10 mL of 1mM surfactant solution forms a monolayer covering 0.24 cm² on a polar substrate. If the polar head is approximated as cube, what is its edge length?

Consider the bcc unit cells of the solids 1 and 2 with the position of atoms as shown below. The radius of atom B is twice that of atom A. The unit cell edge length is 50% more in solid 2 than in 1. What is the approximate packing efficiency in solid 2?

0.27 g of a long chain fatty acid was dissolved in 100 cm³ of hexane. 10 mL of this solution was added dropwise to the surface of water in a round watch glass. Hexane evaporates and a monolayer is formed. The distance from edge to centre of the watch glass is 10 cm. What is the height of the monolayer?
[Density of fatty acid = 0.9 g cm^–3, $$\pi $$ = 3]