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Inorganic Chemistry

why uncharged atoms or molecules rarely crystallize in a simple cubic lattice

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15 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Prashant Goyal
15 Years ago

In latices having neutral species only gravitational force between them can bind them in a region but tat energy would surely be negligible as compared to coulombic or electrostatic arrangement between ions.As it can have negetive potential energy therefore it is more stable as neutral species