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In ABCABC close packing what are the types of voids present?

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Tetrahedral voids

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Octahedral voids

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Decahedral voids

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Circular voids

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Solution

The correct option is B
Octahedral voids

Even in ABCABC close packing, although the $3^{r d}$ layer is arranged in a different way, the kind of voids we observe will be exactly the same.

In the figure above, the green ones are tetrahedral voids and the yellow ones are octahedral voids.

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