General Chemistry: Atoms First
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Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.128CHP
A drawing of the NaCl unit cell is shown in Figure 10.24.
- (a) What is the edge length in picometers of the NaCl unit cell?The ionic radius of Na+ is 97 pm, and the ionic radius of Cl− is 181 pm.
- (b) What is the density of NaCl in g/cm3?
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