General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 11 - States of Matter; Liquids and Solids - Questions and Problems - Page 482: 11.83

Answer

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We know that in a cubic lattice with one atom at each lattice point there are atoms at the corners of unit cells. Each corner is shared by unit cell, so there are eight corners per unit cell.Thus, there is one atom per unit cell.
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