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The FCC Lattice and Unit Cell

A face-centered cubic unit cell is a cube with lattice points at the corners and a lattice point in the center of each face.



The atoms in a face-centered cubic structure are located on the lattice points.

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Face-Centered Cubic Unit Cell of a Cubic Close-Packed Metal
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