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The number of $C l^{-}$ ions that surround the central $N a^{+}$ ion in $N a C l$ crystal is__________.

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Solution

We can see from the figure that the number of $C l^{-}$ ions that surround the central $N a^{+}$ ion in $N a C l$ is $6$ .

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