Topic 1: General characteristics of solid state
Topic 2: Amorphous solids
Topic 3: Crystalline solids
Topic 4: Classification of crystalline solids
Topic 5: Ionic solids
Topic 6: Metallic solids
Topic 7: Covalent or network solids
Topic 8: Crystal lattices and unit cells
Topic 9: Unit cell
Topic 10: Primitive unit cells
Topic 11: Centred unit cells
Topic 12: Structure of centred unit cells – Number of atoms in a unit cell
Topic 13: Close-packed structures
Topic 14: Close packing in two dimensions
Topic 15: Close packing in three dimensions Part -1
Topic 16: Close packing in three dimensions Part-2
Topic 17: Packing efficiency in hcp and ccp structures
Topic 18: Efficiency of packing in body centred cubic structures
Topic 19: Packing efficiency in simple cubic lattice
Topic 20: Calculations involving unit cell dimensions
Topic 21: Imperfections in solids
Topic 22: Schottky and Frenkel defects
Topic 23: Impurity defect
Topic 24: Electrical properties – Conductors
Topic 25: Semiconductors
Topic 26: Magnetic properties
Topic 27: Classification of substances based on their magnetic properties
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