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Q. In the cubic close packing, the unit cell has

The Solid State

Solution:

Cubic close packing is also called face centred cubic.
No. of atoms per unit cell in $ccp$ (or $fcc) = 4$
$\therefore $ No. of tetrahedral voids $= 2 \times 4 = 8$