In a cubic crystal structure, divalent metal-ion is located at the...

In a cubic crystal structure, divalent metal-ion is located at the body-centered position, the smaller tetravalent metal ions are located at each corner and the

\mathrm{O}^{2-}

ions are located half way along each of the edges of the cube. The number of nearest neighbors for oxygen is

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C. 2

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