Polonium adopts cubic structure with edge length of cube being 0.336 nm. The distance between the polonium atoms which lie at the corners along the body diagonal is

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Polonium adopts cubic structure with edge length of cube being 0.336 nm. The distance between the polonium atoms which lie at the corners along the body diagonal is (A) 0.336 nm (B) 0.291 nm (C) 0.582 nm (D) 0.481 nm

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<img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/63acfb060ebde4863a1dea9b5e649a34-.png" /> √3 a =√3 × 0.336 nm =0.581 nm

Q. Polonium adopts cubic structure with edge length of cube being $0.336 nm$ . The distance between the polonium atoms which lie at the corners along the body diagonal is

0.336 nm

0.291 nm

0.582 nm

0.481 nm

$3 a = 3 \times 0.336 nm$
$= 0.581 nm$

Q. Polonium adopts cubic structure with edge length of cube being 0.336nm. The distance between the polonium atoms which lie at the corners along the body diagonal is