Question

Mercury is a poisonous metal that is used in thermometers. when mercury is at temperatures below its freezing point it has a simple cubic unit cell. how many atoms of hg are present in each unit cell?

Answer 1

The simplest cubic system is the simple cubic structure. he unit cell for the simple cubic structure contains one-eighth portions of eight corner atoms to make one complete atom, molecule or ion in each unit cell. Therefore, there is 1 atom of Hg present in the unit cell.