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In a face-centered cubic lattice, a unit cell is shared equally by how many unit cells:-
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6
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8
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4
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2
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Solution

The correct option is A 6
All the faces of the face-centered unit cell are shared by 6 unit cells.
4 face are covered by 4 unit cells as shown in figure. The front and back face are also covered by 2 unit cell.
Total of 6 unit cells

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