Q.

The packing efficiency of a simple cubic crystal with an interstitial atom exactly fitting at the body centre is ____

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answer is 73.

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Detailed Solution

Here the interstitial atom is exactly fitting at the body center
r+/r=0.732P.F=43πr+3+4/3πr3a3
2r++2r=3a By solving we will get 0.73

The packing efficiency of a simple cubic crystal =73%

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