Chemistry
Grade-8
Easy
Question
What mineral crystal structure is this?
- Tetragonal
- Cubic
- Hexagonal
- Monoclinic
Hint:
Common salt NaCl has a cubic crystal structure.
The correct answer is: Cubic
- The given picture is a cubic crystal structure.
- A cubic structure is formed by superimposing layers of atoms on one another.
- Taking four atoms and placing them in the corners of a square and then combining four such squares to form a cube.
- This is how the crystal structure is formed.
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