For a body-contered-cubic lattice of lattice constant a, (a) what's the distance between nearest neighbor lattice sites? (b) how many nearest neighbors around one lattice site? (c) how many lattice sites within each cubic unit cell? (d) what's the volume of a primitive cell?

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4. For a body-contered-cubic lattice of lattice constant a,
(a) what's the distance between nearest neighbor lattice sites?
(b) how many nearest neighbors around one lattice site?
(c) how many lattice sites within each cubic unit cell?
(d) what's the volume of a primitive cell?
Transcribed Image Text:4. For a body-contered-cubic lattice of lattice constant a, (a) what's the distance between nearest neighbor lattice sites? (b) how many nearest neighbors around one lattice site? (c) how many lattice sites within each cubic unit cell? (d) what's the volume of a primitive cell?
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Given that,

For a body-centered-cubic (bcc) lattice

The lattice constant is a

 


To find

a) The separation between the nearest neighbor lattice.

b) The number of nearest neighbors about one lattice.

c) The number of lattice sites in each cubic cell.

d) The volume of the primitive cells.

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