Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

In the sodium chloride lattice, the co-ordination number of the sodium ions is defined by the number of chloride ions that are nearest to each sodium ion. State the co-ordination numbers for the sodium ions and the chloride ions in the sodium chloride lattice.

  • Asodium ions 4; chloride ions 6
  • Bsodium ions 6; chloride ions 4
  • Csodium ions 6; chloride ions 6
  • Dsodium ions 8; chloride ions 6

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