MEDIUMMCQ SINGLEJEE Mains ChemistryInorganic ChemistrySolid stateCu Ag Au

In a face-centred cubic lattice, a unit cell is shared equally by how many unit cells

A.8 (b) 4
C.2 (d) 6
Explanation

The face-centered unit-cell is given as As, given in the diagram, there are 6 unit cells in each face of the cube which is half-shared shown in another diagram. Therefore, we need 6 unit cells which needs to be shared equally in a face-centered cubic lattice. Thus, the correct option is (d)

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