The ratio of close packed atoms to tetrahedral holes in cubic close packing is ?????
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In a close packed atom lattice, the no. of atoms in a unit cell are 8 at the corners and 6 at the faces (Considering FCC lattice).
Every atom at the corner is shared by 8 unit cells, so, total number of complete atoms is 8 ∗ 1 / 8 = 1 . Also, each face is shared by 2 unit cells, so total number of complete atoms is 6 ∗ 1 / 2 = 3 . So, total number of atoms is 1 + 3 = 4
Now, since there are 2 tetrahedral void (or hole) at every body diagonal of the lattice...and since, there are 4 body diagonals, so total number of tetrahedral voids is 8 . And since each void belongs to 1 unit cell, total number of tetrahedral voids is also 8
So, the ratio is 4 : 8 = 1 : 2