a particular concentration, a lyotropic liquid crystal exhibits face-centred cubic packing of spherical micelles in water. Packing efficiency can be expressed as   For face-centred cubic packing, how many micelles are in a unit cell? By determining the dimensions of the unit cell in terms of the micelle radius, r, calculate, to two significant figures, the maximum packing efficiency for the facecentred cubic packing of

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At a particular concentration, a lyotropic liquid crystal exhibits face-centred cubic packing of spherical micelles in water. Packing efficiency can be expressed as

 

For face-centred cubic packing, how many micelles are in a unit cell? By determining the dimensions of the unit cell in terms of the micelle radius, r, calculate, to two significant figures, the maximum packing efficiency for the facecentred cubic packing of micelles.

(number of micelles per unit cell) x (volume of one micelle)
(volume of unit cell)
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