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Q. The number of carbon atoms per unit cell of diamond unit cell is :

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Solution:

In the diamond cubic unit cell, there are eight corner atoms, six face centered atoms and four more atoms inside the structure.
$ \therefore $ Number of atoms present in a diamond cubic unit cell
$ = 1 + 3 + 4 = 8 $ atoms