Gold Has a Face-Centered Cubic Structure with a Unit Cell

question 32

Multiple Choice

Gold has a face-centered cubic structure with a unit cell edge length of 407.8 pm.What is the density of each individual gold atom?

• A)21.44 g/cm³
• B)26.06 g/cm³
• C)13.10 g/cm³
• D)6.550 g/cm³
• E)19.28 g/cm³

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