the coordination number of sodium ions in the NaCl structure

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Answer all parts (A, B, C, & D)

a) NaCl crystallizes in a face-centered cubic cell. Of the following: covalent bonding, ionic bonding, dispersion forces, ion-dipole forces, dipole-dipole forces, what holds the Na+ and Cl- ions in place in the solid-state?

b) Ice, H2O(s), is a crystalline solid. Of the following: covalent bonding, ionic bonding, dispersion forces, ion-dipole forces, hydrogen bonding, what holds the water molecules in place in the solid-state?

c) What is the coordination number polonium which crystallizes in a primitive cubic lattice?

d) What is the coordination number of sodium ions in the NaCl structure (i.e. how many chlorides surround each sodium ion)?

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