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In which pair most efficient packing is present?

(i) hcp and bcc

(ii) hcp and ccp

(iii) bcc and ccp

(iv) bcc and simple cubic cell

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The answer is the option (ii)

Packing efficiency is defined as the percentage of space occupied by constituent particles in a unit cell.
\text{Packing effiency}=\frac{\text{Volume occupied by four spheres in the unit cell}}{\text{Total volume of unit cell}} \times 100 
Packing efficiency of various types of unit cell are:

 simple cubic cell - 52.4% .

body centred cubic cell- 68

 cubic closed packing- 74%

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