JEE Main20205 Sep 2020Evening ShiftChemistrySolid StateActual
An element crystallises in a face–centred cubic (fcc) unit cell with cell edge a. The distance between the centres of two nearest octahedral voids in the crystal lattice is:
Options
- Aa 2
- Ba
- C2 a
- Da 2
Correct answer
A. a 2
Step-by-step solution
In FCC octahedral voids are present at the edge centers and body center. Minimum distance between centers of two octahedral voids = x = a 2 2 + a 2 2 = a 2 4 + a 2 4 = a 2