Calculate the mass density of diamond assuming that it is a close-packed structure of hard spheres with radii equal to half the carbon–carbon bond length of 154.45 pm. (b) The diamond lattice is in fact based on a face-centred cubic lattice but with two atoms per lattice point, such that the structure consists of two interpenetrating fcc lattices, one with its origin at (0,0,0) and the other with its origin at (1/4,1/4,1/4). The experimentally determined mass density is 3.516 g cm−3: can you explain the difference between this value and that in (a)?

Calculate the mass density of diamond assuming that it is a close-packed structure of hard spheres with radii equal to half the carbon–carbon bond length of 154.45 pm. (b) The diamond lattice is in fact based on a face-centred cubic lattice but with two atoms per lattice point, such that the structure consists of two interpenetrating fcc lattices, one with its origin at (0,0,0) and the other with its origin at (1/4,1/4,1/4). The experimentally determined mass density is 3.516 g cm−3: can you explain the difference between this value and that in (a)?

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Chapter22: Inorganic Materials

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