Consider the location of atoms in three crystallographic planes in an fcc lattice. Plane (i) contain

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Consider the location of atoms in three crystallographic planes in an fcc lattice. Plane (i) contains atoms at 4 corners and 1 face center. Plane (ii) contains atoms at 4 corners, 2 face centers, and 0 body centers, bisecting the unit cell diagonally. Plane (iii) contains atoms at 4 corners and 2 face centers, cutting through opposite face diagonals. Identify these planes respectively.

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A plane passing through one face of the cube represents the Face Plane (i). A plane passing through opposite face diagonals is the Face Diagonal Plane (ii). A plane passing diagonally through the body is the Diagonal Plane (iii).