Question

Please answer this question from class 12 Chemistry solid state​

Answer 1

→ [a] Equal number of cation and anion vacancies.

Explanation:

Vacancy defect or Schottky defect:

→ Sometimes during crystallization some of the places remain unoccupied and the defect generated is called vacancy defect.

→ In this defect, the electrical neutrality is maintained and equal number of cation and anion are missing.