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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

how to calculate C.N. in bcc and fcc pls explain with 3D structure

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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12 Years ago
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as can be seen from the above fig of bcc and fcc coordination number which is actually the number of nearest neighbour sorrounding the particular atom is 8 and 12 respectively.in bcc the center atom is touching all 8 atom and in fcc the arrangement is ABC ABC type as shown below
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sunil kr
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