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10/09/2020 3:43 pm
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(i) What is meant by the term ‘coordination number’?
(ii) What is the coordination number of atoms:
(a) in a cubic close-packed structure?
(b) in a body-centred cubic structure?
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10/09/2020 3:44 pm
(a) Coordination number is the number of nearest neighbours of a particle.
(b) 1 – coordination number = 12, 2 – coordination number = 8