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Crystals of the ionic compound calcium fluoride have a different structure from that of the ionic compound calcium chloride?
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The size of a chloride ion is much larger than the size of a fluoride ion. CaF2 arranges in the fluorite crystal structure , The holes where these fluoride ions fit in between the closely packed calcium cations are a certain size, which aren't big enough for chloride ions to fit into. Therefore, CaCl2 has to form a different crystal structure that allows for the larger anion size.
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How are crystals different from rocks?
A crystal is a structure. A mineral is a material. A crystal is a regular arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a solid. This regular internal structure leads to a geometrically regular external shape. Sodium chloride (common salt) crystals, for example, are cubic. A mineral is any element or compound, normally occurring naturally as crystals. Rocks consist of two or more minerals.
How is the compound sodium chloride different from the elements of which it is composed?
sodium chloride as a compound has different physical and chemical properties than sodium and chloride not mixed together
How does the crystalline structure of a metal differ from the structure of an ionic compound such as sodium chloride or cesium chloride?
The metal's cubic lattice is made of only one kind of atom.
Is crystal an element or compound?
Kind of a tricky question, its best broken into the 2 different ways that the word crystal is used. Crystal can refer to the structure that a compound adopts, there are many different types, the most well known being the structure of salt with what crystallographers call a face centered cubic structure. It is also common to see in reports etc... on the synthesis of organic compounds to say a compound gives white crystals. It is not correct however to assume that crystals that look similar to the naked eye are indeed the same compound, or that all compounds have a crystalline form.
Why is Sodium Chloride considered a compound but oxygen gas is not?
Sodium Chloride is considered a compound because there are two different elements reacting in that compound. Oxygen gas is not considered a compound because oxygen is an element.
Is NaCl a complex?
Sodium chloride has a complicate structure of crystals (also as other ionc compounds) but it is not considered a complex compound.
How are crystals different from rocks?
A crystal is a structure. A mineral is a material. A crystal is a regular arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a solid. This regular internal structure leads to a geometrically regular external shape. Sodium chloride (common salt) crystals, for example, are cubic. A mineral is any element or compound, normally occurring naturally as crystals. Rocks consist of two or more minerals.
Is sodium chloride crystals polar or non polar?
Sodium chloride is a polar compound.
Is sodium chloride a crystalline structure?
its not a crystal its an electrotastic compound formed by ionic particles by: Mr chemistry teachear- doctor tembleque Alternate answer: yes, it is a crystal, specifically face-centered cubic.
How is the compound sodium chloride different from the elements of which it is composed?
sodium chloride as a compound has different physical and chemical properties than sodium and chloride not mixed together
What is the best reason to beileve that sodium chloride is a pure substance?
Refined sodium chloride is a chemical compound formed only from NaCl crystals.
Why does magnesium chloride conduct electricity while crystals of the same compound wont?
chemistry my dear wattson
How are sodium chloride and Epsom salt different?
Sodium chloride is a compound of sodium and chlorine. Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate heptahydrate (MgSO4 · 7H2O), a compound of magnesium, sulfur, and oxygen with water trapped in the crystal structure.
How does the crystalline structure of a metal differ from the structure of an ionic compound such as sodium chloride or cesium chloride?
The metal's cubic lattice is made of only one kind of atom.
What type of crystal structure does NaCl have?
The crystalline structure of sodium chloride is face-centered cubic.
What tipe of crystal is sodium chloride?
Yes it is a crystal. It is a lattice compound.
Sodium chloride is what type of compound?
Sodium chloride is an inorganic salt, very soluble in water, with ionic bods, forming large lattices, transparent crystals etc.
