Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal in the periodic table: 3422 C. The distance

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Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal in the periodic table: 3422 °C. The distance between W atoms in tungsten metal is 2.74 Å.
(a) What is the atomic radius of a tungsten atom in this environment? (This radius is called the metallic radius.)
(b) If you put tungsten metal under high pressure, predict what would happen to the distance between W atoms.
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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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