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At a certain temperature and pressure an element has the simple body-centred cubic unit cell, depicted below. The corresponding atomic radius is 1.241 Å and the density is 7.875 g cm-3. Calculate (and enter) the atomic mass for this element (in amu).

What I've done:
D = M/V
V = cm3

For body-centered cubic cell l = 4r / sqrt(3)

l = 4(1.241 Å) / 1.732050808
l = 2.86596 Å
V = (2.86596 Å)3
V = 23.540578 Å3 x (1x10-24 cm3 / 1 Å3
V = 2.3540378x10-23 cm3

Mass = D x V
Mass = 7.875 g/cm3 x 2.3540378x10-23 cm3
Mass = 1.85380479x10-22 g x (1 amu / 1.66053886 x 10-24 g
Mass = 111.6 amu (with sig figs)

I have submitted this answer and it told me I was incorrect and I have 2 tries left.  What have I done wrong?  Thanks for any *delete me*

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Re: find amu of substance given body centered cubic cell, radius, and density
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2007, 01:23:50 PM »
For body-centered cubic cell l = 4r / sqrt(3)

sqrt(3) or sqrt(2)?
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Re: find amu of substance given body centered cubic cell, radius, and density
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2007, 03:23:44 PM »
That's what I wrote down in class but I will try it the other way.

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Re: find amu of substance given body centered cubic cell, radius, and density
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2007, 03:40:20 PM »
Looks to me like that's a trivial gemoetry - 4r is a hypotenuse of a isosceles right triangle. 2l2 = 4r
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Re: find amu of substance given body centered cubic cell, radius, and density
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2007, 05:44:58 PM »
Got it wrong and now I'm out of chances.  Stupid thing won't even give me the correct answer.

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Re: find amu of substance given body centered cubic cell, radius, and density
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2007, 02:49:26 AM »
At a certain temperature and pressure an element has the simple body-centred cubic unit cell, depicted below. The corresponding atomic radius is 1.241 Å and the density is 7.875 g cm-3. Calculate (and enter) the atomic mass for this element (in amu).

What I've done:
D = M/V
V = cm3

For body-centered cubic cell l = 4r / sqrt(3)

l = 4(1.241 Å) / 1.732050808
l = 2.86596 Å
V = (2.86596 Å)3
V = 23.540578 Å3 x (1x10-24 cm3 / 1 Å3
V = 2.3540378x10-23 cm3

Mass = D x V
Mass = 7.875 g/cm3 x 2.3540378x10-23 cm3
Mass = 1.85380479x10-22 g x (1 amu / 1.66053886 x 10-24 g
Mass = 111.6 amu (with sig figs)

I have submitted this answer and it told me I was incorrect and I have 2 tries left.  What have I done wrong?  Thanks for any *delete me*
Body centered cubic cell has 2 atoms per unit cell!
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