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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

What are the position of void in hexagonal closed packing?

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Umakant biswal
9 Years ago
@ kishan 
in hcp there are total 6 atoms / sphere arrenged . 
the total no of tetrahedral void = 2n where n is the no of sphere . 
so, total no of tetrahedral void  = 12 
no of octahedral void = n = 6 voids 
so, there are total 18 voids arrenged in hcp lattice . 
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