A metal crystallises with a face-centred cubic lattice. The edge of the unit cell is 408 pm. The diameter of the metal atom is
- 288 pm
- 408 pm
- 144 pm
- 204 pm
Answer
(1) 288 pm
Solution
In fcc, atoms touch along the face diagonal:
4r = 2 a
Diameter = 2r = a 2
= 4081.414
288 pm
Answer: (1)