EXERCISE CHAPTER 3 (PART 2) (SUBTOPIC 3.2 & 3.

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1. The unit cell of aluminiumis cubic with a = 0.4049 nm. From its density, calculate
how many atoms thereper unit cell. (Density = 2.699 g/cm3, A = 26.98 amu).
(Answer= 4 atoms)

2. Silver is FCC and its atomic radius is 0.1444 nm. How large is the side of its unit cell?
(Density = 10.5 g/cm3, A = 107.87 amu)(Answer = 0.4084 nm)

3. Nickel is FCC with a density 8.9 g/cm3. (A = 58.71 amu)

a. What is the volume per unit cell based on the density?
(Answer: 4.3809 x 10-29 m3)
b. What is the radius of the nickel atom?
(Answer: 0.1246 nm)

4. Titanium is BCC at high temperature and its atomic radius is 0.145 nm.
(A = 47.9 amu)
a. How large is the edge of the unit cell?(Answer: 0.3349 nm)
b. Calculate the density(Answer: 4.235 g/cm3)

5. Based on the information given, answer the following questions:

(Given NA = 6.023 x 1023 atoms/mol)
Vanadium Silver
Atomic weight 50.94 g/mol 108 g/mol
Atomic radius 0.132 nm 0.144 nm
Crystal structure Body Centered Cubic (BCC) Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
a) The number of vanadium and silver atoms in one unit cell.

b) The mass of one unit cell of vanadium and silver in grams.

(Answers: 1.69 x 10-22 g, 7.17 x 10-22 g)

c) The lattice constant for vanadium and silver in nm.

(Answers: 0.3048 nm; 0.4073 nm)

d) The density in g/cm3 for vanadium and silver.

(Answers: 5.968 g/cm3; 10.61 g/cm3)