Suppose that hard spheres of radius R are located at the corners of a unit cell with

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Suppose that hard spheres of radius R are located at the corners of a unit cell with a simple cubic structure.

(a) If the hard spheres touch so as to take up the minimum volume possible, what is the size of the unit cell?

(b) What fraction of the volume of the cubic structure is occupied by the hard spheres?

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