How many lattice points are present in a face centred cubic unit cell?

How many lattice points are present in a face centred cubic unit cell?
  1. 8
  2. 17
  3. 14
  4. 9

Solution

In face centred cubic unit cell atoms are present at each corner and at each face centre. No.of lattice points $=$ no. of corners + no. of face centres $\begin{aligned} & =8+6 \\ & =14 \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (22 Sep Shift 1)

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