Question: Rubidium metal has a body-centered cubic structure (with one atom at each lattice point). The density of the metal is 1.532 g/cm3. From this information

Rubidium metal has a body-centered cubic structure (with one atom at each lattice point). The density of the metal is 1.532 g/cm3. From this information and the atomic mass, calculate the edge length of the unit cell. Now assume that rubidium atoms are spheres. Each corner sphere of the unit cell touches the body-centered sphere. Calculate the radius of a rubidium atom.

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