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Close packing is maximum in the crystal lattice of:

A
simple cubic
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B
face-centred
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C
body-centred
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D
hexagonal closed packing
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Solution

The correct options are
B hexagonal closed packing
C face-centred

The space occupied in sc, bcc and fcc and hcp structures are 52%, 68%,74% and 74% respectively. Hence, the close packing is maximum in the crystal lattice of face centred cubic and hexagonal close packing.

Hence, the correct options are B and D


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