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A pure metal M crystallizes in a face-centered cubic (fcc) lattice....

A pure metal M\text{M} crystallizes in a face-centered cubic (fcc) lattice. A sample of this metal is found to contain 3.612×10243.612 \times 10^{24} tetrahedral voids. If the atomic mass of the metal is 27 g mol−127 \text{ g mol}^{-1}, the mass of the metal sample in grams is _____.

(Given NA=6.02×1023 mol−1N_A = 6.02 \times 10^{23} \text{ mol}^{-1})

Correct answer

81

Step-by-step solution

In a face-centered cubic (fcc) lattice, the number of tetrahedral voids is twice the number of atoms.

Let the number of atoms in the sample be NN.

Number of tetrahedral voids =2N=3.612×1024= 2N = 3.612 \times 10^{24}

⇒N=3.612×10242=1.806×1024\Rightarrow N = \dfrac{3.612 \times 10^{24}}{2} = 1.806 \times 10^{24} atoms

Number of moles of metal M=NNA=1.806×10246.02×1023=3 mol\text{M} = \dfrac{N}{N_A} = \dfrac{1.806 \times 10^{24}}{6.02 \times 10^{23}} = 3 \text{ mol}

Mass of the sample = moles ×\times atomic mass =3×27=81 g= 3 \times 27 = 81 \text{ g}

Answer: 8181
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