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The Solid State

Question
CBSEENCH12011304

Copper crystallises in a face-centered cubic lattice with a unit cell length of 361 pm. What is the radius of copper atom in pm?

  • 128

  • 157

  • 181

  • 108

Solution

A.

128

In case of the face-centred cubic lattice,
radius = 2a4
therefore, Radius of the copper atom (fcc lattice)
=2 x 3614 = 128 pm