At room temperature and pressure RbI crystallizes with theNaCl-type structure. (a) Use ionic radii to predict the length ofthe cubic unit cell edge. (b) Use this value to estimate the density.(c) At high pressure the structure transforms to one witha CsCl-type structure. (c) Use ionic radii to predict the length of the cubic unit cell edge for the high-pressure form of RbI.(d) Use this value to estimate the density. How does this densitycompare with the density you calculated in part (b)?

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At room temperature and pressure RbI crystallizes with the
NaCl-type structure. (a) Use ionic radii to predict the length of
the cubic unit cell edge. (b) Use this value to estimate the density.
(c) At high pressure the structure transforms to one with
a CsCl-type structure. (c) Use ionic radii to predict the length of the cubic unit cell edge for the high-pressure form of RbI.
(d) Use this value to estimate the density. How does this density
compare with the density you calculated in part (b)?

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