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The number of terrahedral and octahedral holes in a hexagonal primitive unit cell are respectively:

A

8,4

B

6,12

C

2,1

D

12,6

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D
No. of octahedral hole in a unit cell = effective no. of atoms per unit cell =Z
No. of tetrahedral holes = 2 x octahedral holes.
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