When a metal is heated its density decreases. There are two sources that give rise to this decrease of ρ: (1) the thermal expansion of the solid and (2) the formation of vacancies (Section 5.2). Consider a specimen of copper at room temperature (20°C) that has a density of 8.940 g/cm3. (a) Determine its density upon heating to 1000°C when only thermal expansion is considered. (b) Repeat the calculation when the introduction of vacancies is taken into account. Assume that the energy of vacancy formation is 0.90 eV/atom and that the volume coefficient of thermal expansion αv, is equal to 3αl.
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