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the edge lengh of nacl unit cell is 564 pm what is the density of nacl if its crystalizes in fcc

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14 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of samarth saxena
14 Years ago

given

a = 564pm =  564*10-10cm  

fcc     z= 4

molecular mass of nacl (M)=58.44g/mol

 

we know that

density D= MZ/NA* a3

D= 588.44 g * 4/ 6.022*1023 * (564 * 10-10)

 

DENSITY (D)= 0.216367 g/cm3