Nearest Neighbor and Second Nearest Neighbor Distances in FCC Lattice?

In summary, the element in question has a face-centred cubic lattice with a basis group of two atoms at 000 and 1/4 1/4 1/4, with a lattice constant of 3.55Angstroms. The separation of nearest neighbor atoms is 1.54Angstroms, and each atom has 6 next-nearest neighbors and 12 second-nearest neighbors at distances of lattice constant and 2^(1/2) * lattice constant, respectively.
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An element crystalises in a face-centred cubic lattice with a basis group of two atoms at 000 and 1/4 1/4 1/4. The lattice constant is 3.55Angstroms.

i) what is the separation of nearest neighbor atoms
ii) how many nearest and second nearest neighbors does each atom have.

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i) The nearest neighbor distance is just going to be from the 000 atom to the one 1/4 1/4 1/4 away from it? Which gives
[tex]\sqrt{3(\frac{1}{4}a)^3} = 1.54Angstroms[/tex]

ii) If the guess for part i is right then each atom will have one nearest neighbor. I can't get my head around the second nearest neighbors.

Any help appreciated, thanks.
 
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1) distance = 1/2*(2)^(1/2) * lattice constant
2) 6 next-nearest neighbors at distance of lattice constant
 

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