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A compound alloy of gold and Cu crystallises in a cubic lattice in which the gold atoms occupy the lattice points at the comers of a cube and the copper atoms occupy the centres of each of the cube faces. What is the empirical formula of this compound ?

A

`AuCu_3`

B

`Au_3Cu`

C

`Au_2Cu_3`

D

AuCu

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