In a primitive unit cell the particles occupies

only edges.

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only corners.

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only face centres.

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only body centres.

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Solution

The correct option is B
only corners.

If particles are present only in the corners it is called a Primitive unit cells.

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Unit cell	Definition
(a) Primitive	(i) Contains one constituent at its body-centre other than corners
(b) End-centred	(ii) constituents only at the corners
(c) Face-centred	(iii) constituents at the centre of any two opposite faces other than corners
(d) Body- centred	(iv) constitutents at the centre of each face other than corners
	(v) constitutents only at the centre of cell

A, B, C

D

N a^{+}

C l^{-}

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