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10/09/2020 7:26 pm
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A cubic unit cell has atoms at its
(i) body centre, and
(ii) corner, find the amount of atom each unit cell gets after share with its neighbouring unit cells.
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10/09/2020 7:27 pm
(i) An atom in the body centre is not shared between unit cells, thus the atom in the body centre only belongs to the unit cell it is in.
(ii) An atom in the corner is shared between 8 adjacent cells. Thus each cell gets 1/8th of the atom.