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Copper is a solid phase of copper still unknown to science. The only difference between it and ordinary copper is that Copper forms a crystal with a bcc unit cell and a lattice constant . Calculate the density of Copper . Round your answer to significant digits.

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Answer:

The density is
\rho = 8.21479 g/cm^3

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

the lattice constant is
a = 0.295 nm = 0.295*10^(-9) = 0.295*10^(-7) cm

The density of Copper (
\beta) is mathematically represented as


\rho = (ZM)/(a^3N_A)

Where Z is the number of units in a unit cell and for BCC crystals Z =2

M is the molar mass of copper which same for Copper with a value of


M = 63.5 g/mol


N_A is the Avogadro's constant with a value of
N_A = 6.022*10^(23)

Substituting values


\rho = (2 *63.5)/((0.295*10^(-7))^3 * (6.022*10^(23)))


\rho = 8.21479 g/cm^3

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