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In the body-centered cubic unit cell, the centers of ____________ identical particles define the ____________ of the cube plus ____________ particle at the ____________ of ____________ . The particles do not touch along the cube's ____________ or faces but do touch along the cube's ____________ . There is/are ____________ particles per unit cell and the coordination number is ____________ .,

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In the body-centered cubic unit cell, the centers of eight identical particles define the corners of the cube plus one particle at the center of the cube. The particles do not touch along the cube's edges or faces but do touch along the cube's body diagonal. There is one particle per unit cell and the coordination number is 8.
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