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Crystal Lattice and Unit Cell

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Find the number of hexagonal faces that are present in a truncated octahedral.

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If we chip all the corners, we get to get a truncated octahedral. Each chipped face will be a hexagon.
Thus, there are $8$ hexagonal faces that are present in a truncated octahedral.

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