Problem: Calcium crystallizes with a body-centered cubic structure.How many Ca atoms are contained in each unit cell?
FREE Expert Solution
Recall: A body-centered cubic unit cell looks like this:
We can see that in a single unit cell there are:
• One atom in the center
• One-eighth (1/8) of an atom in each corner
Problem Details
Calcium crystallizes with a body-centered cubic structure.
How many Ca atoms are contained in each unit cell?
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