Question

At 10°C below the melting point of aluminum, 0.08% of the atom sites are vacant. At 484°C only 0.01% are vacant. Given this information, determine the energy of vacancy formation (ΔHv) for aluminum.
Energy of vacancy formation (in joules / vacancy):

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1.21*10^-19

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Some properties of aluminum are summarized in the following list.

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