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Do all metals posses a closest packed structure?

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No, metals with lap and ccp arrangement have closest packed structures with packing efficiency of 74% whereas metals with bcc arrangement do not have closest packed structure with packing efficiency of 68%.
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  11. What is the distance between two TVs?

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