Nickel is face-centred cubic with conventional cube edge

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Condensed Matter Physics, Ch What holds a solid together, and where its atoms sit

Problem

Nickel is face-centred cubic with conventional cube edge a=3.524 A˚a=3.524\,\mathrm{\mathring{A}}. Find ((a)) the coordination number, ((b)) the nearest-neighbour distance, and ((c)) the packing fraction.

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