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Calculate the packing efficiency in Face Centred Cubic (FCC) lattice.

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The number of atoms per unit cell in FCC structures is ‘4’ 

Each atom is considered as one sphere. 

So the volume of 4 atoms

(4 sphere) = 4 × \(\frac{4}{3}\)πr3 = \(\frac{16}{3}\)πr3

Edge length a = \(2\sqrt2r\)

The volume of the cubic unit cell = a3\((2\sqrt2r)^3\)

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