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Calculate the number of tetrahedral voids in the unit cell of a face-centred cubic lattice of similar atoms.

A

4

B

6

C

8

D

12

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The correct Answer is:
C
A face- centred cubic lattice has 4 atom per unit cell in the packing . No. of tetrahedral voids is double the number of atoms in the packing .
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