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Ch.12 - Solids and Modern Materials

Chapter 12, Problem 47

Pure gold crystallizes in a face-centered cubic unit cell with an edge length of 4.08 Å. The alloy called 18-karat gold consists of 75% Au, 15% Ag, and 10% Cu by mass. What is the empirical formula of 18-karat gold, to two significant digits?