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Is the shape of a tetrahedral void tetrahedral? If not, why is it so called?

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The shape of a tetrahedral void is not tetrahedral. This void is so named because in a close-packed structure of particles, it is formed due to tetrahedral disposition of four nearest neighbour particles.
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