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Atoms of an element 'A' occupy tetrahedral voids in the hexagonal close packed (hcp) unit cell lattice formed by the element 'B'. The formula of the compound formed by 'A' and 'B' is

A

`A_(2)B`

B

`AB_(2)`

C

`A_(4)B_(3)`

D

`A_(2)B_(3)`

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  13. Which of the following structure is most uncommon for metals?

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  14. Which of the following packing is more efficient:

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  15. The packing efficiency in a simple cubic cell system of crystals is

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  16. The packing fraction for a body centred cube

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  17. Density of a crystal is given by :

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  18. The percent of void space in a body - centred cubic lattice is :

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