Face Centered Cubic Unit Cell
13. Liquids, Solids & Intermolecular Forces / Face Centered Cubic Unit Cell / Problem 4
Gold crystallizes in a face-centered cubic arrangement with an edge length of 4.07 Å. Calculate the percentage of Au atoms that are on the surface of a 5.0 nm gold sphere. Use the surface area of a sphere of 4πr2, the volume of a sphere of 4/3πr3, and the diameter of a gold atom of 2.92 Å.
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