In a bcc structure, the packing fraction is:

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  1.  \(\sqrt {2} \pi /6\)
  2. \(\pi/3\)
  3. \((\pi\sqrt{3})/8\)
  4. \(\sqrt{5} \ \pi/6\)

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Option 3 : \((\pi\sqrt{3})/8\)
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  • In BCC (body-centered cubic) crystal, the arrangement will be as follows 
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    In the crystal structure, atomic packing factor (APF) or packing efficiency or packing fraction is the volume of atoms in a unit cell divided by the volume of the unit cell. It is a dimensionless quantity and always less than unity

    No of atoms in b.c.c unit cell = 2

    For BCC  where a is the side of the cube and r is the atomic radius.

    Now APF will be 

    \(APF = \frac{{{N_{atoms}}{V_{atom}}}}{{{V_{crystal}}}} = \frac{{2\left( {\frac{4}{3}} \right)\pi {r^3}}}{{{{\left( {a } \right)}^3}}}= \frac{{2\left( {\frac{4}{3}} \right)\pi {r^3}}}{{{{\left( {\frac{{4r}}{{\sqrt 3 }}} \right)}^3}}}\)

    \(APF = \frac {\sqrt {3} \pi}{8}\)

    Additional Information

    Unit Cell

    Coordination No.

    No. of Atoms Per Unit Cell

    Atomic packing factor

    Simple Unit Cell

    6

    1

    52%

    Body-centred Cubic

    8

    2

    68%

    Face-centred Cubic

    12

    4

    74%

    Hexagonal Closest Packed

    12

    6

    74%

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