Calcium sulfide has a face-centered cubic unit cell with sulfide ions in octahedral holes. Remember, you calculated the unit cell edge length to be 0.521 nm. If the radius of sulfide ion is 0.184 nm, what is the radius, in nm, of the calcium ion?

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Calcium sulfide packs into a regular pattern in a three dimensional
lattice. The unit cell is the smallest repeating unit of an ionic packing
structure.
Calcium sulfide has a face-centered cubic unit cell with sulfide ions in
octahedral holes. Remember, you calculated the unit cell edge length
to be 0.521 nm. If the radius of sulfide ion is 0.184 nm, what is the
radius, in nm, of the calcium ion?
Transcribed Image Text:Calcium sulfide packs into a regular pattern in a three dimensional lattice. The unit cell is the smallest repeating unit of an ionic packing structure. Calcium sulfide has a face-centered cubic unit cell with sulfide ions in octahedral holes. Remember, you calculated the unit cell edge length to be 0.521 nm. If the radius of sulfide ion is 0.184 nm, what is the radius, in nm, of the calcium ion?
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