The ratio of effective number of atoms in a unit cell of fcc and bcc lattices is

The ratio of effective number of atoms in a unit cell of fcc and bcc lattices is
  1. $1: 2$
  2. $4: 1$
  3. $1: 4$
  4. $2: 1$

Solution

The face-centered cubic (fcc) contains 4 atoms per unit cell while bccc (body-centered cubic) lattices contains 2 atoms per unit cell. $\frac{\text { Effective number of atoms in fcc }}{\text { Effective number of atoms in bcc }}=\frac{4}{2}=2: 1$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2022 (07 Jul Shift 1)

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