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A metal crystallizes into two cubic system-face centred cubic (fcc) and body centred cubic (bcc) whose unit cell lengths are 3.5 and 3.0Å respectively. Calculate the ratio of densities of fcc and bcc.

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Solution

fcc unit cell length = 3.5˙A
bcc unit cell length = 3.0˙A
Density in fcc = n1×stomic weightV1× Avogardo number
Density in bcc = n2×stomic weightV2× Avogardo number
DfccDbcc=n1n2×V2V1
n1 for fcc = 4; Also V1=a3=(3.5×108)3
n2 for bcc = 2; Also V2=a3=(3.0×108)3
= 1.259

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