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A metal crystallises in a face centred cubic structure. If the edge length of its unit cell is 'a' the closest approach between two atoms in metallic crystal will be

A

`sqrt2a`

B

`a/sqrt2`

C

2a

D

`2sqrt2a`

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B
For the fcc structure, nearest neighbour distance (d)=`a/sqrt2`.
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