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The coordination number of an atom in a body-centered cubic structure is ____________
[Assume that the lattice is made up of atoms.]

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In body-centered cubic structure, atoms occupy all the corners of the cube as well as body centre position in a unit cell.
$∴$ Coordination number of atom in BCC structure = $8$

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