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+// Calculate surface energy of copper crystal of type {111}
+clc
+E = 56.4 // bond energy in KJ
+N_a = 6.023e23 // Avogadro’s number
+n = 12 // number of bonds
+m = 3 // number of broken bonds
+N = 1.77e19 // number of atoms in copper crystal of type {111} per m^2
+printf("\n Example 6.5")
+b_e = 1/2*E*1e3*n/N_a // bond energy per atom
+e_b = b_e*m/n // energy of broken bond at surface
+s_e = e_b*N // surface enthalpy of copper
+printf("\n Surface enthalpy of copper is %0.2f J m^-2",s_e)
+printf("\n Surface enthalpy of copper is %d erg cm^-2",s_e*1e3)
+// Answer in book is 2490 erg cm^-2
+