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Gold has a face centred cubic lattice with an edge length of the unit cube of 407 pm. Assuming the closest packing, the diameter of the gold atom is
Gold has a face centred cubic lattice with an edge length of the unit cube of 407 pm. Assuming the closest packing, the diameter of the gold atom is
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The correct option is B 287.8 pm
For fcc lattice,
4 r=a√2
and 2r=diameter
=a√22=407×√22=287.8 pm
For fcc lattice,
4 r=a√2
and 2r=diameter
=a√22=407×√22=287.8 pm
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