Q4 · CSIR NET Chemistry, December 2016
Paper: CSIR NET December 2016 · Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Chemical Bonding · Topic: Chemical Bonding – General · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Hard
The numbers of triangular faces in square antiprism, icosahedron and tricapped trigonal prism (capped on square faces), respectively, are
(a)8, 20 and 14
(b)8, 20 and 12
(c)10, 12 and 14
(d)10, 12 and 12
Answer
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Explanation
Square antiprism: 8 triangular faces (+2 squares); icosahedron: 20; tricapped trigonal prism: 14 (a).
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