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Ionic and Molecular Solids (Sections)A particular form of cinnabar (HgS) adopts the zinc b...

Ionic and Molecular Solids (Sections)

A particular form of cinnabar (HgS) adopts the zinc blende structure. The length of the unit cell edge is 5.852 Å (a) Calculate the density of HgS in this form, (b) The mineral tiemmanite (HgSe) also forms a solid phase with the zinc blende structure. The length of the unit cell edge in this mineral is 6.085 Å. What accounts for the larger unit cell length in tiemmanite


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(c) Which of the two substances has the higher density? How do you account for the difference in densities?

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