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Estimate the average mass density of a sodium atom assuming its size to be about `2.5 overset@A`. (Use the known values of Avogadro’s number and the atomic mass of sodium). Compare it with the density of sodium in its crystalline phase : `970 kg m^-3`. Are the two densities of the same order of magnitude ? If so, why ?

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