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How can you determine the atoic mass of an unknown metal if you know its density and the dimension of its unit cell ? Explain.

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Let the edge length of a unit cell=a
Density=d
Molar mass=M
Volume of the unit cell=a3
Mass of the unit cell
=No. of atoms in unit cell xx Mass of each atom =Zxxm
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