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Do all the metals possess a close-packed struture ? Name the different structures exhibited and give their packing fractions.

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No. metals with hcp and ccp arrangement have close packed struture with packing fraction = 0.74 wherease metal with bcc arrangements do not close packed struture as packing fraction = 0.68
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