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An element has a face-centred cubic (fcc) structure with a cell edge of a. The distance between the centres of two nearest tetrahedral voids in the lattice is:

A

`sqrt2a`

B

a

C

`(3)/(2) a`

D

`(a)/(2)`

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D
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