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Question
CBSEENCH12005586

The nearest neighbour Ag atoms in the silver crystal are 2.87 x 10–10 m apart. What is the density of silver? Silver crystallises in fcc form.

Solution

we have given :
mass of silver = 107.87 g
Z(FCC)          = 4
distance between nearest neighbour Ag atoms = 2.87 x10-10

face diagonal 2 =2.87 x10-10 m2a2 =2.87 x10-10 m a= 2.87 x10-10 x 2a= 2.87 x10-10 x 1.414a= 4.05 x 10-10now using formula d= Z x Ma3 x NAd =4 x 107.87(4.05 x 10)3 x 6.02 x1023d= 10.84 g cm-3