Chemistry
Grade-8
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Question

Salt crystal structure

hintHint:

Salt is cubic in the crystal structure.

The correct answer is:


    • The chemical formula of salt is sodium chloride.
    • The crystal structure of sodium chloride is a simple cube.
    • Each Na atom is surrounded by six Cl atoms.
    • Similarly, each Cl atom is surrounded by six Na atoms. 

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