Question

Distinguish between tetrahedral voids and octahedral voids.

Answer 1

Hint:We know that,
Tetrahedral voids: The vacant space among four spheres having tetrahedral arrangement is named the tetrahedral hole.
Octahedral Voids: The void formed by equilateral triangles with apices in another way is named octahedral void.

Complete step by step answer:

Let us see some differences between tetrahedral and octahedral voids.

Tetrahedral voids	Octahedral voids
Tetrahedral voids are unoccupied empty spaces present in substances having a tetrahedral crystal system.	Octahedral voids are unoccupied empty spaces present in substances having an octahedral crystal system.
It can be found in substances having a tetrahedral arrangement in their crystal system.	It can be found in substances having an octahedral arrangement in their crystal system
Tetrahedral voids can be observed in the edges of the unit cell.	Octahedral voids can be observed in the center of the unit cell.
Four is the coordination number of the tetrahedral void.	Six is the coordination number of the Octahedral void.
In the space lattice, there are two tetrahedral voids per sphere.	There are two octahedral voids per sphere in the crystal lattice
Tetrahedral voids are bigger.	Octahedral voids are smaller as compared to tetrahedral voids.

Note:
 We must remember that the voids are empty spaces present in crystal systems that arise because of the various arrangements of atoms. There are two main sorts of voids named as tetrahedral void and octahedral void. The diversity between tetrahedral and octahedral voids is that tetrahedral void is able to be seen in substances having tetrahedral crystal systems while octahedral void is able to be seen in substances having octahedral crystal systems.