NEET-XII-Chemistry

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  • #65
    Lithium has a bcc structure. Its density is
    530 ``kg m^{-3}`` and its atomic mass is 6.94 ``g mol^{-1}``.
    Calculate the edge length of a unit cell of Lithium
    metal. (NA = 6.02 × ``10^{23} mol^{-1}``)
    (1) 154 pm
    (2) 352 pm
    (3) 527 pm
    (4) 264 pm
    digAnsr:   2
    Ans : (2)
    Sol.

     =
     3A
    Z M
    N a
    For bcc structure
    Z = 2,  = 530 kg m-3 = 0.530 g cm-3

    =
     23 3
    2 6.94
    0.530
    6.02 10 a
    a3 = 4.348 × 10-23 cm3
    a = 3.52 × 10-8 cm
    a = 352 pm