How would you describe the arrangement of sodium ions and chloride ions in a crystal of sodium chloride?
2 Answers
Jan 17, 2016
The sodium and chloride ions in a crystal of sodium chloride form a crystal lattice.
Explanation:
Inside the crystal lattice, each sodium ion,
Jan 17, 2016
NaCl has a cubic unit cell. It is best thought of as a face-centered cubic (ffc) array of anions with an interpenetrating fcc cation lattice (or vice-versa).