For crystal structures that contain only one kind of atom, the nearest neighbors of each atom can be visualized as lying along a line of the unit cell. For a body-centered cubic structure what is the orientation of that line with respect to the unit cell and how many atomic radii does it contain?

For crystal structures that contain only one kind of atom, the nearest neighbors of each atom can be visualized as lying along a line of the unit cell. For a body-centered cubic structure what is the orientation of that line with respect to the unit cell and how many atomic radii does it contain?




a. cell edge and 2 atomic radii
b. face diagonal and 4 atomic radii
c. body diagonal and 3 atomic radii
d. face diagonal and 2 atomic radii
e. body diagonal and 4 atomic radii




Answer: E