Lithium forms body centred cubic structure. The length of the side of its unit cell is 351 pm. Atomic radius of the lithium will be :
- (A)75 pm
- (B)300 pm
- (C)240 pm
- (D)152 pm✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
In a body-centred cubic cell the atoms touch along the body diagonal, so . With the edge pm, the atomic radius is pm.
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