Answer to Question #304480 in General Chemistry for Kaltook

Question

A simple cubic cell contains one metal atom with a metallic radius of 100 pm:

a. Determine the volume of the atom(s) contained in one unit cell

[the volume of a sphere = (4/3)Ï€r3].

b. What is the length of one edge of the unit cell?

c. Calculate the volume of the unit cell.

d. Determine the packing efficiency for this structure.

e. Use the steps in Problem 11 to calculate the packing efficiency for a bcc unit cell with a

metallic radius of 1.00 Ã….

Answer 1

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