JEE Main 2020 — Solid State Question with Solution
JEE Main 2020 (05 Sep Shift 2)
Question
An element crystallises in a face–centred cubic (fcc) unit cell with cell edge a. The distance between the centres of two nearest octahedral voids in the crystal lattice is:
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Step-by-step explanation
In FCC octahedral voids are present at the edge centers and body center.
Minimum distance between centers of two octahedral voids
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