Copper forms a substitutional solid solution with silver (known as sterling silver) where copper and silver exist in lattice point positions. If the densities of pure Cu and Ag are 8.96 and 10.49 g/cm3, respectively, compute the number of copper atoms required to create a 1 cm3 sterling silver alloy with 7.5 wt% copper.

What does a numerical subscript following an element in a chemical formula mean?

The comparison of the number of atoms in a copper coin the size of a penny with the number of people on earth is made to illustrate which of the following? a. that atoms are indivisible b. that atoms are very small c. that atoms are very large d. that in a copper penny, there is one atom for every person on earth

The allotropes of carbon include a variety of structures that include three-dimensional tetrahedral lattices, planes of hexagonal rings, cylindrical tubes of hexagonal rings, and spheres of five- and six-membered rings. similar shapes of network covalent atomic solids are possible with carbon nitride, boron, and pure silicon (e. g., silicene is a graphene-like allotrope of pure silicon). in contrast, silicates exist as either highly ordered or amorphous (more random) three-dimensional lattices. what could explain why there are there no naturally occurring sheets, stacked sheets, cylindrical tubes, or spheres of network covalent atomic solids composed of silicon and oxygen (sio2)? would pure silicate structures make good lubricants or good electrical conductors?