Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter The Solid State NCERT Solutions | Explain how much portion of an atom loca

Welcome to the NCERT Solutions for Class 12th Chemistry - Chapter The Solid State. This page offers a step-by-step solution to the specific question from Exercise 1, Question 13: explain how much portion of an atom located at....
Question 13

Explain how much portion of an atom located at

(i) corner and

(ii) body-centre

of a cubic unit cell is part of its neighbouring unit cell.

Answer

(i) An atom located at the corner of a cubic unit cell is shared by eight adjacent unit cells.

Therefore, 1/8 portion of the atom is shared by one unit cell.

(ii) An atom located at the body centre of a cubic unit cell is not shared by its neighbouring unit cell. Therefore, the atom belongs only to the unit cell in which it is present i.e., its contribution to the unit cell is 1.

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