Q.

Platinum crystallizes in a face-centered cubic crystal with a unit cell length α. The distance between nearest neighbours is 

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a

α

b

a32

c

a22

d

a24

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

We are informed that the FCC lattice is how platinum crystallises. As a result, the radius formula in the FCC lattice is as follows: 

4r=2a

where r = radius and a = edge length

The formula: is used to determine the nearest neighbour atom in the FCC lattice.

2r=2a/2

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