Calcium crystallizes with a body-centered cubic structure. (a) How many Ca atoms are contained in each unit

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Calcium crystallizes with a body-centered cubic structure.
(a) How many Ca atoms are contained in each unit cell?
(b) How many nearest neighbors does each Ca atom possess?
(c) Estimate the length of the unit cell edge, a, from the atomic radius of calcium (1.97 Å).
(d) Estimate the density of Ca metal?
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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