1. An ionic compound composed of chromium ions and oxide ions crystallizes into a face-centered cubic arrangement of chromium ions with oxide ions occupying all of the tetrahedral holes within the unit cell. What is the ionic formula for this compound? What are the oxidation states of the chromium and oxide ions?

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1. An ionic compound composed of chromium ions and oxide ions crystallizes into a face-centered cubic
arrangement of chromium ions with oxide ions occupying all of the tetrahedral holes within the unit cell.
What is the ionic formula for this compound? What are the oxidation states of the chromium and oxide
ions?
2. Examine the ionic unit cell structure shown at right. The red spheres
represent sulfide ions and the purple spheres represent nickel ions.
Which ions define the unit cell? What kinds of "holes" are filled by the
counter ions? What is the ionic formula for this compound?
Transcribed Image Text:1. An ionic compound composed of chromium ions and oxide ions crystallizes into a face-centered cubic arrangement of chromium ions with oxide ions occupying all of the tetrahedral holes within the unit cell. What is the ionic formula for this compound? What are the oxidation states of the chromium and oxide ions? 2. Examine the ionic unit cell structure shown at right. The red spheres represent sulfide ions and the purple spheres represent nickel ions. Which ions define the unit cell? What kinds of "holes" are filled by the counter ions? What is the ionic formula for this compound?
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