Polonium crystallizes in a simple cubic unit cell with an edge length of 3.36 Å. a. What is the mass of the unit cell? Mass = g b. What is the volume of the unit cell? Volume = cm³ c. What is the theoretical density of Po? Density = g/cm³
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First, we need to find the mass of the unit cell. Polonium has an atomic mass of 209 g/mol. Since there is only one atom per simple cubic unit cell, the mass of the unit cell is equal to the mass of one Polonium atom. To find the mass of one Polonium atom, we can Show more…
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