Question

: An unknown metal crystallizes in the cubic crystal structure. The metal has a radius 140pm, atomic mass of 135 g/mol, and density of 13.3 g/cm3. What type of cubic unit cell does this metal crystallize as

Answer 1

The cubic unit cell  this metal crystallize as is BCC structure .

What is unit cell ?

The structure of a crystalline solid, whether a metal or not, is best described by considering its simplest repeating unit, which is referred to as its unit cell.

The unit cell consists of lattice points that represent the locations of atoms or ions.

The entire structure then consists of this unit cell repeating in three dimensions

$\rm \rho =\dfrac{nM}{N_{0} a^{3}} \\\\\\\\\rm n =\dfrac{\rho N_{0} a^{3}}{M} \\\\\\\\Assuming\; it \; to \; be \; a\; BCC\; structure \\\\\\ r = \dfrac{\sqrt{3} \times a}{4} \\\\\\Therefore\; a = 3.23 \times 10^{-8}\\\\\\\\\rm n =\dfrac{13.3 \times 6.022 \times 10^{23}\times 3.23^{3}\times (10^{-8})^{3}}{135}$

n= 2

Hence our assumption was correct

It is a BCC structure .

Therefore the cubic unit cell  this metal crystallize as is BCC structure .

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