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Physical Chemistry

ratio of radius ratio of tetrahedral to alternate tetrahedral void

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11 Years ago
Radius of the tetrahedral void relative to the radius of the sphere is 0.225

In a multi layeredclosepacked structure, there is a tetrahedral hole above and below each atom hence there is twice as many tetrahedral holes as there are in close packed atoms