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How will you distinguish between the following pairs of terms : Tetrahedral and octahedral voids. Crystal lattice and unit cell.

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Solution :Tetrahedral VOID is surrounded by 4 constituent particles (atoms/molecules/ions).
Octahedral void is surrounded by 6 constituent particles (atoms/molecules/ions).
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A regular three dimensional arrangement of points in space is called a crystal LATTICE.
UNIT cell is the smallest portion of a crystal lattice which, when repeated in three directions, generates an entire lattice/unit cell is the miniature of crystal lattice/microscopic EDITION of the crystal lattice.


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