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can it possible to place a atom on face centre of bcc in which it touch atom of body centre without touching atoms of corners.give reason.

Profile image of vijay yadav
16 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Pooja
7 Years ago
Dear Student,
No this is not possible because in BCC the body centred atom is in contact with the four atoms above and four atoms below. If we place an atom at the centre of a face then it would touch the corner atoms as well body centred atom.