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Q. The number of atoms per unit cell in a simple cubic, face-centered cubic and body-centered cubic are ________ respectively

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Solution:

$sc = \frac{8}{8} = 1$
$fcc = \frac{8}{8} + \frac{6}{2} = 4$
$bcc = \frac{8}{8} + \frac{1}{1} = 2$