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sir explain why tetrahedral  voids are twice than octahedral voids?

Asked by amanj | 05 Apr, 2014, 05:16: PM
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If one layer of spheres is kept on a second layer in a cubic closed packed arrangement, then the arrangement is as shown in figure 1 (for tetrahedral hole) giving an arrangement that is twice as shown in figure 2 (for octahedral hole). Therefore, the tetrahedral holes are in double number than the octahedral holes.

If octahedral voids are ‘n’, then the tetrahedral voids are ‘2n’.

Figure 1                                 Figure 2

Answered by | 07 Apr, 2014, 12:50: PM

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