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In a cubic unit cell, seven of the eight corners are occupied by atoms A and centres of faces are occupied by atoms B. Total number of atoms in the general formula of the compound is:

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Solution

The atoms in the corner contribute 18 to the unit cell.
seven of the corners are occupied by A atoms
Hence number of atoms per unit cell = 7×18=78

The atoms in the faces contribute 12 to the unit cell. There are six faces.
Hence number of B atoms per unit cell = 6×12=3

Hence the formula is
A78B3 or general formula is A7B24
The total number of atoms = 31

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