1.18. An element with molar mass forms a cubic unit cell with edge length . If its density is what is the nature of the cubic unit cell?
We know that :
We are given :
and
and
So we need to find z (no. of atoms present in unit cell) by putting all values in formula of density.
We get, .
It is known that face centred cubic also has 4 atoms in its unit cell, So given cubic unit cell is face centred.