Q.The crystal with metal excess defect is :
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →NaCl heated in sodium metal vapour develops a metal-excess defect, where extra ions occupy the lattice and the corresponding anion vacancies trap electrons (F-centres); AgBr, AgCl, and FeO are classic examples of different defect types.
A metal-excess defect (a type of non-stoichiometric defect) arises when a crystal has an excess of the metal ion relative to the ideal stoichiometric ratio. The textbook example is alkali halides such as NaCl: when NaCl crystals are heated in an atmosphere of sodium vapour, Na atoms deposit on the crystal surface and diffuse in; each deposits as at a normal cation site, while the electron it releases occupies a nearby anion vacancy (creating what is called an F-centre, from German 'Farbzentrum'). These trapped electrons impart the characteristic yellow colour to excess-Na-heated NaCl. In contrast, AgCl and AgBr are the st …
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