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Gold crystallizes with a face-centered cubic unit cell with an edge length of $407.86 \mathrm{pm}$. Calculate the atomic radius of gold in units of picometers.
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Step 1: We know that for a face-centered cubic (FCC) unit cell, the relationship between the atomic radius (r) and the edge length (a) is given by the equation: \[r = \frac{a}{2\sqrt{2}}\] Show more…
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