Metallic iron has a body-centered cubic lattice with all atoms at lattice points and a unit cell whose edge length is 286.6 pm. The density of iron is 7.87 g cm–3 . What is the mass of an iron atom? Compare this value with the value you obtain from the molar mass.

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Metallic iron has a body-centered cubic lattice with all atoms at lattice points and a unit cell whose edge length is 286.6 pm. The density of iron is 7.87 g cm–3 . What is the mass of an iron atom? Compare this value with the value you obtain from the molar mass.

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