In a face-centered cubic lattice, a unit cell is shared equally by how many unit cells:- AIPMT-2005
A
6
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B
8
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C
4
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D
2
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Solution
The correct option is A6 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