Hexagonal Close Packed

Crystal Structure
 Each atom, has six 1/6 atoms at each
of top and bottom layer, two half
atoms at top and bottom layers and 3
full atoms at the middle layer.
 Therefore, each HCP unit cell has
(2 x 6 x 1/6) + (2 x ½) + 3 = 6 atoms
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