Home › CBSE Class 11 (Science) › Chemistry › S and P Block Elements › Silicon and germanium crystallise in which struc…
Silicon and germanium crystallise in which structure?
AFace-centred cubic
BSimple hexagonal
CDiamond cubic
DSimple tetragonal
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Diamond cubic
Both silicon and germanium adopt the diamond cubic lattice.
Related questions
The name tetrels comes from a Greek word tetra meaningGroup 14 alkyls QR4 are described asWhat is the formula of silicon nitride?Which carbon allotrope is a honeycomb-shaped layer of atoms?Carbon sheets folded into a sphere form aWhich carbon allotrope is made of stacked sheets of carbon?Tin objects crumble to grey powder below about which temperature?Silicon melts at about which temperature?