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The number of tetrahedral voids in the unit cell of a face centred cubic lattice of similar atoms is

A

4

B

6

C

8

D

10

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The correct Answer is:
C
No. of atoms in fcc unit cell = 4
`:.` No. of tetrahedral voids `= 4 xx 2 = 8`
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