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Gold Crystallizes in a Face-Centered Cubic Lattice

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Gold crystallizes in a face-centered cubic lattice. How many unit cells are there in a gold sample whose mass is 1.50 grams? The atomic weight of gold is 196.97 g mol-1.Hint: Use dimensional analysis and the number of atoms per unit cell.


A) 1.15 × 1021 unit cells
B) 2.29 × 1021 unit cells
C) 3.28 × 1020 unit cells
D) 4.58 × 1021 unit cells
E) 9.17 × 1021 unit cells

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