a) Gold (Au) has an atomic radius 0.137 nm and a density of 19.32 g/cm. (Atomic weight of 196.97 g/mol) (i) (ii) Determine whether it has an FCC or BCC crystal structure. Compute the packing fraction / atomic packing factor (APF), assuming the atoms to be hard spheres.
a) Gold (Au) has an atomic radius 0.137 nm and a density of 19.32 g/cm. (Atomic weight of 196.97 g/mol) (i) (ii) Determine whether it has an FCC or BCC crystal structure. Compute the packing fraction / atomic packing factor (APF), assuming the atoms to be hard spheres.
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![a) Gold (Au) has an atomic radius 0.137 nm and a density of 19.32 g/cm'.
(Atomic weight of 196.97 g/mol)
Determine whether it has an FCC or BCC crystal structure.
Compute the packing fraction/ atomic packing factor (APF), assuming
the atoms to be hard spheres.
(i)
(ii)
b) Fig. Q4 (b) shows the unit cell of Nickel (II) oxide (NiO) with ionic radii of ry
0.069 nm and ro = 0.140 nm. Calculate the density of NiO. (Avogadro's
Constant = 6.022 x 1025 mol)
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nickel (II) oxide
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Transcribed Image Text:a) Gold (Au) has an atomic radius 0.137 nm and a density of 19.32 g/cm'.
(Atomic weight of 196.97 g/mol)
Determine whether it has an FCC or BCC crystal structure.
Compute the packing fraction/ atomic packing factor (APF), assuming
the atoms to be hard spheres.
(i)
(ii)
b) Fig. Q4 (b) shows the unit cell of Nickel (II) oxide (NiO) with ionic radii of ry
0.069 nm and ro = 0.140 nm. Calculate the density of NiO. (Avogadro's
Constant = 6.022 x 1025 mol)
%3D
%3D
nickel (II) oxide
Ni
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