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Statement 1: Each simple cubic unit cell has 8 atoms. 
Statement 2:The total number of atoms in one cubic unit cell is 1.
 

a
Both statements 1 and 2 are correct
b
Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect
c
Statement 1 is correct statement 2 is incorrect
d
Statement 1 is incorrect statement 2 is correct

detailed solution

Correct option is A

Each cubic unit cell has 8 atom (s) at its corners. Since,each corner atom is shared by 8 unit cells, so total number of atom in one unit cell is 8×18=1 atom

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