Answer to Question #25665 in Inorganic Chemistry for bhagya

Question

Calculate the number of particles present in the unit cell of BCC.

Answer 1

BCC is Body-centered cubic. The body-centered cubic system (cI) has one lattice point in the center of the unit cell in addition to
the eight corner points. It has a net total of 2 lattice points per unit cell
(1 / 8 * 8 + 1).
1/8*8 (at the corner) + 1(At the center of the body) = 2
Number of atom in the unit cell BCC = 2