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The intermetallic compound LiAg has a cubic crystalline structure in which each Li atom has 8 nearest neighbour silver atoms and vice-versa .What is the type of unit cell ?

A

Body-centred cubic

B

Face-centred cubic

C

Simple cubic for either Li atoms alone or Ag atoms alone

D

None of the above

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