Engineering
Chemistry
Simple Face and Body Centered Unit Cells
Arrangement of Constituents Density and Efficiency
Question

The crystal of a solid is  square packing of identical spheres  in each layer and spheres of one layer are placed just above the voids made by spheres in previous layer. The packing efficiency of such crystal (in %) is                     
[ Take: π = 3.15, 2=1.4]     

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Solution


(2r)2 = h2 + x2
h2 = 2r2
height = 2r

area = 4r2

Volume = area × height
= 4r2 × 2r42r3 , 

Z = 1, {18th   is  shared  in  1st  layer  &12  is  shared   in2ndlayerZ=(18×4+0.5)} 
P.F. = 1×4/3πr342r3=π32 = 0.75 ⇒ 75 % 

OR
As this packing also give rise to FCC lattice \ it can be directly commented that P.F. = 0.75