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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

The diameter of the largest sphere that can be inscribed in the bcc of edge length a ???

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Chhavindra Tripathi
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago
diameter will be a
where a=2r
at this point it will touch all 6 face centre
BCC. 
besides the simple cubic (sc) and FCC lattices there is another lattice called body centred cubic lattice. unlike the simple cubic lattice it has an additional lattice point located in the center of the cube.