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Show that in a cubic close packed structure, eight tetrahedral voids are present per unit cell. |
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Answer» Solution : cubicpackedstruturecontainsoneatomat eachcornerof anunitcellandatforcecentre of echunit cellEachunit cellconsistsof 8smallcubes. Each smallleadto CREATIONOF atetrahedralvoidas SHOWNBELOW sincethere are total8 SMALLERCUBES PRESENTAT oneunitcelleachcubeshasonetetrahedralvoidtotalnumberof tetrahedralvoid PRESENTIN eachunitcellis equaltoright As weknown ccp struturehasatomsper unitcellthustotalnumberof tetrahedralvoidin oneccpunitcellequalto 8. |
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