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A metal crystallizes in a face-centred cubic (fcc) lattice. A 160 g...

A metal crystallizes in a face-centred cubic (fcc) lattice. A 160 g160 \text{ g} sample of the metal contains 2×10242 \times 10^{24} atoms. If the density of the metal is 5.0 g cm−35.0 \text{ g cm}^{-3}, the edge length of the unit cell is:

Options

  1. A200 pm200 \text{ pm}
  2. B400 pm400 \text{ pm}
  3. C800 pm800 \text{ pm}
  4. D100 pm100 \text{ pm}

Correct answer

B. 400 pm400 \text{ pm}

Step-by-step solution

Total volume of the sample V=MassDensity=1605.0=32 cm3V = \dfrac{\text{Mass}}{\text{Density}} = \dfrac{160}{5.0} = 32 \text{ cm}^3

Since the metal crystallizes in an fcc lattice, the number of atoms per unit cell is Z=4Z = 4.

Total number of unit cells in the sample =Total number of atomsZ=2×10244=5×1023= \dfrac{\text{Total number of atoms}}{Z} = \dfrac{2 \times 10^{24}}{4} = 5 \times 10^{23}

Volume of one unit cell a3=Total volumeTotal number of unit cells=325×1023=6.4×10−23 cm3=64×10−24 cm3a^3 = \dfrac{\text{Total volume}}{\text{Total number of unit cells}} = \dfrac{32}{5 \times 10^{23}} = 6.4 \times 10^{-23} \text{ cm}^3 = 64 \times 10^{-24} \text{ cm}^3

Edge length a=(64×10−24)1/3 cm=4×10−8 cma = (64 \times 10^{-24})^{1/3} \text{ cm} = 4 \times 10^{-8} \text{ cm}

Converting to picometers:
a=4×10−8×1010 pm=400 pma = 4 \times 10^{-8} \times 10^{10} \text{ pm} = 400 \text{ pm}

Answer: 400 pm400 \text{ pm}
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