What is the coordination number of sphere in simple cubic lattice?

What is the coordination number of sphere in simple cubic lattice?
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 4
  4. 12

Solution

The coordination number of a sphere in a simple cubic lattice is 6. This means that each sphere is adjacent to six other spheres

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (07 Aug Shift 1)

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