In the cubic unit cell below, white spheres are sulfur atoms and black spheres are potassium atoms. Complete the table, then answer the questions.     White spheres Black spheres How many spheres are on the corners of the unit cell?     How many spheres are on the edges of the unit cell?     How many spheres are on the faces of the unit cell?     How many spheres are entirely inside the unit cell?     If all the sphere segments inside the unit cell boundaries were cut out and glued together, how many whole spheres could be made?     How many spheres of the other color does each sphere touch?     a) Which kind of cubic unit cell is it? How do you know? b) What is the formula of the compound shown?

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In the cubic unit cell below, white spheres are sulfur atoms and black spheres are potassium atoms. Complete the table, then answer the questions.

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White spheres

Black spheres

How many spheres are on the corners of the unit cell?

   

How many spheres are on the edges of the unit cell?

   

How many spheres are on the faces of the unit cell?

   

How many spheres are entirely inside the unit cell?

   

If all the sphere segments inside the unit cell boundaries were cut out and glued together, how many whole spheres could be made?

   

How many spheres of the other color does each sphere touch?

   

a) Which kind of cubic unit cell is it? How do you know?

b) What is the formula of the compound shown?

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