Sodium chloride, NaCl, usually crystallizes in a face-centred cubic lattice. How many ions are in contact with any single Na^(+)ion?

Sodium chloride, NaCl, usually crystallizes in a face-centred cubic la

1.	Sodium chloride, NaCl, usually crystallizes in a face-centred cubic lattice. How many ions are in contact with any single Na^(+)ion?
Answer» 4 6 8 1 Solution :In NaCl having FCC structure, each `Na^(+)`ion is surrounded by SIX `Cl^(-)`ion at the CORNERS of a regular OCTAHEDRON.