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What type of close packing is observed when (a) ABAB pattern of arrangement of layers (b). ABC ABC pattern of arrangement of layers?

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(a) Hexagonal cubic close packing (hcp).
(b) Face centred cubic close packing (foc) or cubic close packing (ccp).
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