Question: Aluminum, Al , crystallizes in a face centered cubic unit cell. The density of the metal is 2 . 7 g / cm 3 .

Aluminum, Al, crystallizes in a face centered cubic unit cell. The density of the metal is 2.7 g/cm 3. A scientist believes that the radius of one Al atom is 1.69 x 10^8 cm. He uses this number to calculate Avogadro's number. What number does he get? (Hint: It is not (6.022 x 10^23).1)Think about the relationship between radius and length in a FCC unit cell. What is the length of cell? 2)With the length of cube in hand, we could calculate the volume of the unit cell by cubing it.3)We know the volume of a unit cell, the density of the cell is given by the question. We will use those information to calculate the mass of a unit cell. 4)How many atoms are in a FCC structured unit cell? There are 4! What is the mass of each atom?

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