2) Sodium is a bright, white, soft, and wax-like element dissolves in seawater, crystallizes in rock salt. Sodium is common in nature and crystallizes with a body-centered cubic unit cell and its density is 0.971 g/cm'. (Na: 23 g/mol). (a) What is the volume of the unit cell of a sodium atom, in cm? (b) What is the edge length of the unit cell of a sodium atom, in pm? (c) What is the radius of a sodium atom, in pm?

2) Sodium is a bright, white, soft, and wax-like element dissolves in seawater, crystallizes in rock salt. Sodium is common in nature and crystallizes with a body-centered cubic unit cell and its density is 0.971 g/cm'. (Na: 23 g/mol). (a) What is the volume of the unit cell of a sodium atom, in cm? (b) What is the edge length of the unit cell of a sodium atom, in pm? (c) What is the radius of a sodium atom, in pm?

Principles of Modern Chemistry

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Chapter21: Structure And Bonding In Solids

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