In a face centred cubic lattice, atom A occupies the corner positions and atom B occupies the face centre positions. If one atom of B is missing from one of the face centred points, the formula of the compound is : (1) 2A B (2) 23A B (3) 25A B (
tanisha singh
12 Years agoGrade 11
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Sunil Kumar FP
11 Years ago
As the molecule is having FCC structure,therefore let the formula of the compound be AxBy no of atom of A=1/8*8=1 number of atom of B=6*1/2 -1/2=5/2,As one atom is missing and ,where the contribution of each atom in FCC is ½. Thus the formula is A1B5/2 or A2B5