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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

if we have to place atoms on alternate face centre how many atoms would be present in cubic unit cell

Profile image of yash khade
8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of venkat
8 Years ago
the number atoms of atoms present in a cubic unit cell is only ‘1’
if we place atoms only at alternate face centres then number of atoms increases by 1
So total number of atoms present in the unit cell at prsent is ‘2’