Magnesium oxide has the rock salt crystal structure and a density of 3.58 g/cm3. (a) Determine the

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Magnesium oxide has the rock salt crystal structure and a density of 3.58 g/cm3.
(a) Determine the unit cell edge length.
(b) How does this result compare with the edge length as determined from the radii in Table 12.3, assuming that the Mg2+ and O2- ions just touch each other along the edges?
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Materials Science and Engineering An Introduction

ISBN: 978-0470419977

8th edition

Authors: William D. Callister Jr., David G. Rethwisch

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