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Coordination and Oxidation Number

In CsCl str...

Question

In $C s C l$ structure, the coordination number of $C s^{+}$ is:

Equal to that of

C l^{-}

, that is

6

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Equal to that of

C l^{-}

, that is

8

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Not equal to that of

C l^{-}

, that is

6

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Not equal to that of

C l^{-}

, that is

8

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Solution

The correct option is D Equal to that of $C l^{-}$ , that is $6$
$C l^{-}$ ions in $C s C l$ adopt $B C C$ type of packing. So that coordination number is 6

Hence A is correct option

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