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A body centre cubic lattice is made up of two different types of atoms A and B. Atom A occupies the body centre and B occupying the corner positions. One of the corners is left unoccupied per unit cell. Empirical formula of such a solid is
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Options:
  • A AB
  • B A 2 B 2
  • C A 5 B 7
  • D A 8 B 7
Solution:
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The correct answer is: A 8 B 7
There is one A per unit cell

Number of B per unit cell =18×7=78

Empirical formula = A 1 B 7 8

= A 8 B 7

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