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In diamond, the coordination number of carbon is:A. four and its unit cell has eight carbon atomsB. four and its unit cell has six carbon atomsC. six and its unit cell has four carbon atomsD. four and its unit cell has four carbon atoms |
| Answer» (a) The space lattice of diamond is fcc and has tetrahedral geometry. Thus, the convertional uit cube contains eight atoms with CN foiur. | |