In a face centred cubic cell, an atom at the face contributes to the unit cell
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a
1/2 part
b
1/8 part
c
1 part
d
1/4 part
answer is A.
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Face centred cubic structure contribute to 1/8 by each atom present at the corner and 1/2 by each atom present at the face. That is each atom located at the face-centre is shared between two adjacent unit cells and only 12 of each atom belongs to a unit cell.