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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

Copper exists in face centered cubic lattice with unit cell edge of 361pm . What is the size of the largest atom , which would fit into ocathedral voids without disturbimg the lattice

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11 Years agoGrade 12
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11 Years ago
You can use the relation between r and R. where r is radius of ocathedral void and R is radius of Cu atom.
i.e. r = 0.414 R
you can find by the relation 1.414 a= 4R (a= 361 pm)
So now use above two relations to get r value.
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