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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

What is
1. Face centered unit cell
2. Body centred unit cell
3. End centered unit cell

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11 Years agoGrade 12
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11 Years ago
Centered unit cells are of three types which are as follows-
1.Face-centered unit cell –This unit cell consist of one constituent particle present at the centre of each face,in addition to the ones present at its corners.
2..Body-centered unit cells – In such unit cell there is one constituent particle(atom,molecule or ion) present at its body-centre besides the ones that are at its corners.
3.End-centered unit cell – In such a unit cell, there is one constituent particle which is present at the cente of any two opposite faces besides the ones present at its corners.