Knowing that when Zn2+ and S2- combine to get ZnS and form tetrahedral holes in an FCC lattice structure how would we know that the Zn2+ cation only occupies half of the 8 tetrahedral holes?
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First, we need to understand the FCC (face-centered cubic) lattice structure. In an FCC lattice, there are 4 atoms at the corners of a cube and one atom at the center of each face. This gives a total of 8 tetrahedral holes and 4 octahedral holes. Show more…
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