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(I) Covering Tetrahedral Voids:: Placing Third Layer Over The Second Layer
(I) Covering Tetrahedral Voids:: Placing Third Layer Over The Second Layer
Both these types of close packing are highly efficient and 74% space in the crystal is filled. In
either of them, each sphere is in contact with twelve spheres. Thus, the coordination number is
12 in either of these two structures