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The number of oppositely charged nearest neighbours to a Caesium ion in Caesium Chloride lattice are:

A

8

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B

6

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C

4

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2

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Solution

The correct option is A 8
Cs is in centre (due to its large size) and Cl are at corners of the cube(i.e. 8 Cl as 8 corners)

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