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A crystal made up of particles X, Y, and Z. X forms fcc packing. Y occupies all octahedral voids of X and Z occupies all tetrahedral voids of X. It all particles along one body diagonal are removed, then the formula of the crystal is
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The correct answer is:
X5Y4Z8
For fcc, number of X atoms = 4/unit cell
Number of Tetrahedral Voids = Z = 8
Number of Octahedral Voids = Y = 4
Number of atoms removed along one body diagonal = 2X (corner) and 2Z (TVs) and 1 Y (OV at body centre)
Number of X atoms left
Number of Y atom left = 4 - (1 × 1) = 3
Number of Z atom left = 8 - (2 × 1) = 6
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