JEE Advanced2008ChemistrySolid StateActual
Paragraph: In hexagonal system of crystals, a frequently encountered arrangement of atoms is described as a hexagonal prism. Here, the top and bottom of the cell are regular hexagons and three atoms are sandwiched in between them. A space-filling model of this structure, called hexagonal close-packed (HCP), is constituted of a sphere on a flat surface surrounded in the same plane by six identical spheres as closely a
Options
- A4
- B6
- C12
- D17
Correct answer
B. 6
Step-by-step solution
The effective number of atoms in the hcp is =12 1 6 +2 1 2 +3=6