Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

In the sodium chloride lattice, the number of chloride ions surrounding each sodium ion is known as the co-ordination number of the sodium ions. What are the co-ordination numbers of 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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