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X-Ray Diffraction Measurements Revealed That Ni Crystallizes in a Face-Centered

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X-ray diffraction measurements revealed that Ni crystallizes in a face-centered cubic lattice in which the unit cell edge length is 352.4 picometers.Calculate the atomic radius of the Ni atoms in this crystal, based on the assumption that the atoms are tightly packed in the unit cell.Hint: Find the length of the cell face diagonal using the Pythagorean theorem.


A) 88.1 pm
B) 124.6 pm
C) 152.6 pm
D) 166.1 pm
E) 176.2 pm

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