Question

The following image is a cross section of a solid crystal of Iodine $\left(I_2\right)$.
What type of crystal is represented by this Iodine solid?

• A. Ionic Solid
• B. Molecular Solid
• C. Covalent Network Solid
• D. Nonmetal Solid

Answer 1

The correct option is A Ionic Solid

Here, Iodine crystallizes into ionic type crystal because the given diagram is of simple cubic unit cell which are very orderly arranged i.e. Iodine atoms at body corners.