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Gold crystallises in a ccp lattice. How many nearest neighbours does a gold atom possess?

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प्रश्न

Gold crystallises in a ccp lattice. How many nearest neighbours does a gold atom possess?

विकल्प

  • 6

  • 8

  • 10

  • 12

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उत्तर

12

Explanation:

Gold crystallizes in a ccp (cubic close-packed) structure, which is the same as a face-centred cubic (fcc) structure.

  • In a ccp/fcc lattice, each atom is surrounded by 12 nearest neighbours.
  • This is due to the high packing efficiency (74%) of the ccp structure.
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