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Octahedral voids has 6 spheres but why we call it as octahedral.?

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Q. Assertion :A tetrahedral void is surrounded by four spheres and an octahedral void is surrounded by six spheres. Reason: The number of tetrahedral voids is double the number of close packed spheres and number of octahedral voids is equal to number of close packed spheres.

Q. In a compound

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oxide ions are arranged in ccp structure. Cation X are present in octahedral voids and cation Y are equally distributed between octahedral and tetrahedral voids. The fraction of the octahedral voids occupied is:

Q. If N is the number of spheres in the unit cell, then total number of octahedral voids is the cell is .

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