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The radius of copper atom is 128 pm. It ...

The radius of copper atom is 128 pm. It it crystallises in face centred cubic lattice (fcc), what will be the length the edge of the unit cell ?

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For face centred cubic crstal
Edge length (a) = `2sqrt2r=(1.4142)xx(128"pm")="362 pm"`
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