The Solid State - Result Question 30
####30. The intermetallic compound LiAg crystallizes in a cubic lattice in which both lithium and silver atoms have coordination number of eight. To what crystal class does the unit cell belong? (a) Simple cubic
(b) Face-centred cubic
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(c) Body-centred cubic
(d) None
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Solution:
- (c) A body-centred cubic system consists of eight atoms at the corners plus one atom at the centre of cube.
