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A compound alloy of gold and copper crystallizes in a cube lattice in which the gold atoms occupy the lattice points at the corners of cube and copper atoms occupy the centres of each of the cube faces. The formula of this compound is...........(A) AuCu(B) AuCu2(C) AuCu3(D) Au2Cu

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Correct answer is: (C) AuCu3

One-eighth of each corner atom (Au) and one half of each face centered atom (Cu) are contained within the unit cell of the compound. Thus, the number of Au atoms per unit cell

= 8 \(\times\cfrac{1}{8}\) = 1 and the number of Cu atoms per

unit cell = 6\(\times\cfrac{1}{2}=3.\)

The formula of the compound is AuCu3.



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