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Where the no. Of tetrahedral voids in a unit cell of cubic close packed structure.

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7 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Arun
7 Years ago
Tobe pre ise if in CCP there are n atoms then number of octahedral and tetrahedral voids will be n and 2n respectively.
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7 Years ago
In ccp or hcp if there are (n) no of atoms/ions then the no of octahedral voids= n
No. Of tetrahedral voids= 2n
 
Thus in ccp, no. Of atoms= 4
Thus, no. Of octahedral voids= 4 and 
No. Of tetrahedral voids= 2(4) = 8 voids
 
Thus total voids per unit cell in ccp= 4+8= 12
 
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