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The two ions A+ and B have radii 88 pm and 200 pm respectively. In the closed packed crystal of compound AB, predict the co-ordination number of A+.

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Now in this question we will use [ρ=rsmallrlarge] to predict the coordination number.
here,ratio is [ρ=88200]=0.44
As we know if radius ratio is between 0.41 to 0.73 then the coordination number of the ion will be 6.

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