Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

The table shows the radii, in pm, for several ions. $[1\,\text{pm} = 10^{-12}\,\text{m}]$ Caesium chloride, $\text{CsCl}$, has a lattice arrangement that is unlike both sodium chloride, $\text{NaCl}$, and magnesium oxide, $\text{MgO}$. Which factor seems to decide the lattice type of these three compounds?

  • Athe charge on the cation
  • Bthe ratio of the ionic charges
  • Cthe ratio of the ionic radii
  • Dthe sum of the ionic charges

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