Problem: The unit cell of nickel arsenide is shown here. What is the empirical formula?
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We are asked the empirical formula of Nickel Arsenide from the Unit cell given.
Nickel Arsenide follows an hcp or hexagonal closed packed unit cell which is composed of a cube with one eight atoms at each of its corners, four atoms at its edges and two atoms at the center of the cube.
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The unit cell of nickel arsenide is shown here. 
What is the empirical formula?
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