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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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`"Atomic mass of element (M)"=("Density"(rho)xx"Volume"(a^(3))xx"Avogadro's no."(N_(0)))/("No. of atoms in unit cell (Z)")`
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