Silicon has the diamond structure with a unit cell edge length of 5.43 Å and eight atoms per unit cell. (b) Suppose you dope that 1 cm3 sample of silicon with 1 ppm of phosphorus that will increase the conductivity by a factor of a million. How many milligrams of phosphorus are required?
Ch.12 - Solids and Modern Materials
Chapter 12, Problem 132
Look up the diameter of a silicon atom, in Å. The latest semiconductor chips have fabricated lines as small as 14 nm. How many silicon atoms does this correspond to?

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Step 1: Look up the diameter of a silicon atom, which is approximately 2.7 Å (angstroms).
Step 2: Convert the diameter from angstroms to nanometers. Recall that 1 Å = 0.1 nm.
Step 3: Calculate the number of silicon atoms that fit into 14 nm by dividing 14 nm by the diameter of a silicon atom in nanometers.
Step 4: Set up the division: Number of silicon atoms = 14 nm / (diameter of silicon atom in nm).
Step 5: Perform the division to find the number of silicon atoms that correspond to the 14 nm line.
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One method to synthesize ionic solids is by the heating of two reactants at high temperatures. Consider the reaction of FeO with TiO2 to form FeTiO3. Determine the amount of each of the two reactants to prepare 2.500 g FeTiO3, assuming the reaction goes to completion. (b) Calculate the formula weight of FeTiO3.
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