What causes the formation of a $Schottky$ defect?

  • A
    Missing of a cation from the crystal lattice
  • B
    Missing of an anion from the crystal lattice
  • C
    Missing of an equal number of cations and anions from the crystal lattice
  • D
    None of these

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