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

question 17

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) 26.20 g/cm³
• C) 13.1 g/cm³
• D) 6.55 g/cm³
• E) 19.28 g/cm³

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