Part of JPC-09 — Solid State: Unit Cell, Packing & Defects

Non-stoichiometric Defects and F-centres

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Metal excess defect (Type 1): anion vacancy with trapped electron (F-centre). The electron absorbs visible light, giving colour. NaCl heated in Na vapour: yellow (F-centres). KCl in K vapour: violet. LiCl: pink. Metal excess defect (Type 2): extra cation in interstitial site + extra electron. Example: ZnO (turns yellow on heating, loses O). Metal deficiency defect: cation vacancy, compensated by neighbouring cation having higher oxidation state. Example: FeO (always non-stoichiometric, Fe0.95O). Fe3+Fe^{3+} replaces some Fe2+Fe^{2+} to compensate.

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