Q.

Calculate the packing efficiency of a FCC crystal in which all the tetrahedral and octahedral voids are occupied by the largest. spheres without disturbing the lattice.

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answer is 81.

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Detailed Solution

FCC cells contain 4 atoms.
There are 8 tetrahedral voids.
4 octahedral voids total.
If the atoms' radius in the packing is R.
Tetrahedral void radius: 0.225 R
Octahedral void radius = 0.414 R

For Fcc, a=22r=22R(Here r=R)

Packing efficiency = Volume occupied by spheres  Volume of the unit cell 

=4×43πR3+8×43π(0.225R)3+4×43π(0.414R)3(22R)3=0.81

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