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difference between primitive unit cell and centred unit cell

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Primitive unit cell is the smallest possible structure of a crytal lattice whiche when repeated over a entire space constructs the entire crystal structure.
Primitive unit cell are of three types :

1) Simple unit cell
2)Face Centred cell
3) Body Centred cell

Thus Centred unit cell is a type of Primitive unit cell.

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