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How many octrahedral and tetrahedral holes are there in lattice per atom forming the closed packed structures?

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For N number of atoms present in the lattice, there are 2N number of tetrahedral voids and N number of octahedral voids means per atom there are 2 tetrahedral voids and 1 octahedral void.

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