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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

A metal forms cubic crystals. The mass of one unit cell of it is M/NA gram, where M is the atomic mass of the metal and NA is the Avogadro number. What is the type of cubic unit cell possessed by the metal?

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago
It is given that mass of one unit cell is M/Na this mean that a single cubic crystal have 1 atom in it …
 
The cubic unit cell which have total 1 atom in it is simple cubic cell … 
 
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