Crystal structure of NaCl

Chemistry Level 1

In mineralogy and crystallography, a crystal structure is a unique arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystalline liquid or solid. A crystal structure describes a highly ordered structure, occurring due to the intrinsic nature of molecules to form symmetric patterns. A crystal structure can be thought of as an infinitely repeating array of 3 3 D 'boxes', known as unit-cells. The above shows the crystal structure of sodium chloride (table salt). How many particles are there in an unit cell of sodium chloride?

Na + ^+ : 8, Cl ^- : 8 Na + ^+ : 2, Cl ^- : 2 Na + ^+ : 4, Cl ^- : 4 Na + ^+ : 14, Cl ^- : 14

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Sand Eee
Mar 5, 2014

FCC structure

Structure of unit cell of 4 lattice points stands for total of 4 atoms for each element, which sum up to 8 atoms all together.

Lu Chee Ket - 5 years, 4 months ago

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