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The Simple Cubic Unit Cell
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A simple cubic unit cell has one particle at each of its eight corners, contributing one full particle total to the cell.
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Alpha polonium is the rare metal crystallizing simple cubic, with a coordination number of six.
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One-eighth of each corner particle belongs to that cell — counting a full particle at every corner overstates the contents eightfold.