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How much part of an atom of the primitive cubic unit cell actually belongs to a particular unit cell?

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One eighth part of an atom of the primitive cubic unit cell actually belongs to a particular unit cell.
For primitive cubic unit cell, the atoms are present at eight corners of a cube. Each atom is shared by 8 neighboring cubes (unit cells).

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