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Sodium metal crystallizes in body centred cubic lattice with the cell edge a= 428 pm. What is the radius of sodium atom.

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For BCC unit cell `=a = 4/sqrt(3) xx r`
`r= sqrt(3)/4 xx a = sqrt(3)/4 xx 428 = 185` pm.
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