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Determining the Structure of Solids
How many zinc and sulfide ions are present in the unit cell of zinc sulfide? (Hint: See Figure 11.42 and add up all of the parts of the atoms in the fee unit cell.)
Figure 11.42 | Crystal structures based on the face-centered cubic lattice. Both zinc sulfide. ZnS, and calcium fluoride,
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