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The body-centered tetragonal (BCT) crystal structure is just like the body-centered cubic

structure except that it is elongated in one direction. For BCT: a = b ! c and ! = " = # = 90
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body diagonal is a close-packed direction.
Assume c=1.25a. Show that the atomic packing factor is 0.704.

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