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Bismuth is a nontoxic metal that is used in pharmaceuticals and chemicals . bismuth has a simple cubic unit cell. how many atoms of bi are present in each unit cell?

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It has been said above that Bismuth has a simple cubic unit cell. In this case one atom or ion lies at each corner of the cube. Since only 1/8 of each corner sphere lies within the unit cell hence simple cubic unit cell will only have one atom. Hope this answers the question.
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