what is meaning of primitive, body centerd,face centered in cubic crystal class why it is body and face centerd also but cubic is type of primitive unit cell Share with your friends Share 0 Vartika Jain answered this Dear Student, Primitive or simple cubic is a unit cell where each corner of the unit cell contain identical particles i.e. 1 particle is present at the 8 corners of the cube.It is the simplest of all the unit cells.In body centred cubic unit cell, there are eight particles on the eight corners of the unit cell and the ninth particle is in the centre of the body of the unit cell.In face centred cubic unit cell, there are eight particles on the eight corners of the cube and 6 particles on each face of the cube, i.e. total 6+8=14 particles are present. Cubic crystal system is where the unit cell is in the shape of the cube. Primitive unit cell, body centred unit cell and face centred unit cell, all the three units cells are in the shape of a cube, therefore all the three belong to cubic crystal class.Cubic is not a type of primitive unit cell, but primitive unit cell is a type of cubic crystal. -1 View Full Answer Abhishek Mishra answered this it is from crystal lattes chapter 0
