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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

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

Profile image of AJAY KUMAR MALLETTULA
8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Chhavindra Tripathi
8 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.