Na2O has antifluorite structure. In Na2O, the coordination number of Na+and O2− are, respectively:
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Solution
Na2O has antifluorite type structure.
In this O2− ions forms the ccp arrangement, where, it occupies the corners and face centres of the cubic unit cell and Na+ occupy all the tetrahedral voids of the fcc arrangements. Na+ at tetrahedral void are surrounded by 4 O2− ions and each O2− at corners are surrounded by 8 Na+ ions.
Therefore,
The coordination number of Na2O in antifluorite structure is 4 : 8.