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Ch.2 - Atoms, Molecules, and Ions

Chapter 2, Problem 90c2

"The diameter of a rubidium atom is 495 pm We will consider two different ways of placing the atoms on a surface. In arrangement A, all the atoms are lined up with one another to form a square grid. Arrangement B is called a close-packed arrangement because the atoms sit in the 'depressions' formed by the previous row of atoms:

(c) If extended to three dimensions, which arrangement would lead to a greater density for Rb metal?"

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