Silver chloride crystallises in the rock-salt structure

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Condensed Matter Physics, Ch Two atoms in the cell: acoustic and optical branches

Problem

Silver chloride crystallises in the rock-salt structure, with

M_{\rm Ag}=107.87\ \mathrm{u}

and

M_{\rm Cl}=35.45\ \mathrm{u}

. Modelling its chain with a force constant

K=20.0\ \mathrm{N\,m^{-1}}

, find the frequency of its zone-centre optical mode.

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