JEE - Study Guide - 2. Solid State

JEE Syllabus (2015)

Solid State: Classification of solids: molecular, ionic, covalent and metallic solids, amorphous and crystalline solids (elementary idea); Bragg’s Law and its applications; Unit cell and lattices, packing in solids (fcc, bcc and hcp lattices), voids, calculations involving unit cell parameters, imperfection in solids; Electrical, magnetic and dielectric properties.





Jauhar, CBSE XII class

Sections in the Chapter

2.1 Space Lattices and Unit Cell
2.2 Close Packing in Crystalline Solids
2.3 Interstitial Sites or Interstitial Voids
2.4 Types of Cubic Crystals and Number of Atoms per Unit Cell
2.5 Experimental Methods of Determining Crystal Structure: X Rays Diffraction
2.6 Coordination Number and Radius Ratio
2.7 Ionic Radii
2.8 Calculation of Density of a Crystal from its Structure
2.9 Strctures of Ionic Compounds
2.10 Imperfections in solids
2.11 Properties of solids
2.12 Amorphous solids



Additional numerical problems for practice 12
Conceptual Questions with Answers: 13
Key facts to remember
Revision Exercises: Very Short Answer questions 40
Short Answer Questions : 50
Long Answer Questions : 6

Competition File
Some useful facts
numerical problems 9

Objective Questions: Multiple choice 25
Fill in the blanks: 10
Matching type question 1

Study Plan

Day 1

2.1 Space Lattices and Unit Cell
2.2 Close Packing in Crystalline Solids
2.3 Interstitial Sites or Interstitial Voids

Day 2
2.4 Types of Cubic Crystals and Number of Atoms per Unit Cell
Practice problems 2.1 to 2.3

Day 3

2.5 Experimental Methods of Determining Crystal Structure: X Rays Diffraction
P.P. 2.4,2.5
2.6 Coordination Number and Radius Ratio
P.P. 2.14 to 2.17

Day 4

2.7 Ionic Radii
2.8 Calculation of Density of a Crystal from its Structure

Day 5
P.P. 2.8 to 2.19

Day 6

2.9 Structures of Ionic Compounds
P.P 2.20 to 2.25

Day 7
2.10 Imperfections in solids
2.11 Properties of solids
2.12 Amorphous solids

Day 8


Concept revision
Additional numerical problems for practice 12

Day 9


Conceptual Questions with Answers: 13
Key facts to remember

Day 10

Revision Exercises: Very Short Answer questions 40

Revision period

Day 11
Revision Exercises:Short Answer Questions : 1 to 15

Day 12
Revision Exercises:Short Answer Questions : 16 to 30

Day 13
Revision Exercises:Short Answer Questions : 31 to 50

Day 14

Competition File
Some useful facts
numerical problems 9

Day 15

Objective Questions: Multiple choice 25

Day 16
Fill in the blanks: 10
Matching type question 1

Day 17 to 20

Concept revision and test paper questions/problems




Updated   1 May 2016,  6 June 2015
Originally published 11 March 2009