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Chapter 29 Problem 51GP

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Consider a monatomic solid with a weakly bound cubic lattice, with each atom connected to six neighbors, each bond having a binding energy of \(3.4 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{eV}\). When this solid melts, its latent heat of fusion goes directly into breaking the bonds between the atoms. Estimate the latent heat of fusion for this solid, in \(\mathrm{J} / \mathrm{mol}\). [Hint: Show that in a simple cubic lattice (Fig. ), there are three times as many bonds as there are atoms, when the number of atoms is large.]

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

Consider a monatomic solid with a weakly bound

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