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Example 1
Cite the difference between atomic mass and
atomic weight.

Sample Exercise  Atomic mass is the mass of an individual atom,

whereas atomic weight is the average (weighted) of the
atomic masses of an atom's naturally occurring
isotopes.

Example 2(Question) Example 2(Answer)

Silicon has three naturally occurring isotopes:
92.23% of 28Si, with an atomic weight of
27.9769 amu, 4.68% of 29Si, with an atomic
weight of 28.9765 amu, and 3.09% of 30Si, with
an atomic weight of 29.9738 amu. On the basis
of these data, confirm that the average atomic
weight of Si is 28.0854 amu
 The average atomic weight of silicon (A Si) is
computed by adding fraction-of-occurrence/atomic
weight products for the three isotopes
.
 = (0.9223)(27.9769) +(0.0468)(28.9765)
+(0.0309)(29.9738) =28.0854

Example 3(Question) Example 3(Answer)

How many grams are there in one amu of
a material?
 In order to determine the number of grams in one
amu of material, appropriate manipulation of the  = 1.66 x 10-24 g/amu
amu/atom, g/mol, and atom/mol relationships is all
that is necessary

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Example 4(Question) Example 4(Answer)

Calculate the force of attraction between a  Where A,B and n are constants
Ca2+ and an O2− ion the centers of which are
separated by a distance of 1.25 nm.
Note that the attractive energy EA and repulsive energy
ER are functions of the interatomic distance according to  The constant A can be derived from Coulombs law:

EA 
A
ER 
B A
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Z1eZ 2e
r rn 4 o

Example 4(Answer) Example 5(Question)

 Atomic Packing Factor, APF
 Show that the atomic packing factor for the FCC
crystal structure is 0.74
 Let Vs be the total volume of atoms in unit cell
 Let Vc be the total unit cell volume

VS
APF 
VC

Example 5(Answer) Density Computations

VS  4  R 3  R 3
nA
4 16

VC N A
Where
3 3 n is the number of atoms associated with each unit cell

VC  16 R 3 2
A is the atomic weight
VC volume of the unit cell

APF  0.74
NA Avogadro’s number 16.022 x 1023 atoms/mol

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Example 6(Question) Example 5(Answer)

Copper has an atomic radius of 0.128 nm, an FCC crystal
structure, and an atomic weight of 63.5 g/mol. Compute
its theoretical density and compare the answer with its
measured density.
Copper is FCC
n= 4
VC  16 R 3 2
The literature value for the density of copper is 8.94
R = 0.128 nm g/cm3, which is in very close agreement with the
A = 63.5 g/mol foregoing result