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Offline a7medokool

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ChemistrY Question
« on: May 28, 2009, 06:01:33 pm »
Hello Guys
Am stuck in the Lattice structure of Ionic bonding , could sum 1 plz tell me how to draw it and didnt under stand the part of NaCl its says 6 Na atoms is surrounded by 6 Cl atom.
Could some 1 explain plz
Thanks aprreciate it

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Re: ChemistrY Question
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2009, 06:20:38 pm »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_aqa/atomic/ionicrev1.shtml

imgane a ball at the centre(CL-) of a square with a Na+ at each corner and with one Na + above and one below