A compound is formed by two elements A and B. The element B forms cubic close packed structure and atoms of A occupy 1/3 of tetrahedral voids. If the formula of the compound is , then the value of is in option
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Let the number of atoms of B in the ccp structure be . The number of tetrahedral voids is . Atoms of A occupy 1/3 of the tetrahedral voids, so the number of atoms of A is . The ratio of A:B is . Thus, the formula is . Here and , so .
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