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An fcc unit cell has eight corner particles and six face-centre particles. How many particles belong to it?
ASix
BFour
CEight
DFourteen
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Four
Corners give 8 x 1/8 = 1 and faces give 6 x 1/2 = 3, so 4 in all.
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