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JEE Main 2019Solid State Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2019 (Online) 11th January Evening Slot

Question

The radius of the largest sphere which fits properly at the centre of the edge of a body centred cubic unit cell is : (Edge length is represented by 'a')

Choose an option

Show full solutionCorrect option: B
Correct answer
B0.067 a

Step-by-step explanation

a = 2(R + r)

......(1)

For bcc, = 4R

Using (i) and (ii)



r =

r = 0.067 a

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