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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

how many and where are the tetrahedral and octahedral voids located infcc lattice?

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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8 Years ago
The total number of octahedral voids in any unit cell = total number of formula units present in that unit cell. For FCC, the number of formula units are 4 therefore the total number of octahedral voids = 4.