Solid State Question 286

Question: The intermetallic compound $ LiAg $ crystallizes in a cubic lattice in which both lithium and silver atoms have coordination number of eight. To what crystal class does the unit cell belong-

Options:

A) Simple cubic

B) Face-centred cubic

C) Body-centred cubic

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

[c] A body-centred cubic system consists of all eight corners plus one atom at the centre of cube.