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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

Co-ordination number of Sodium in NaCl is _________.

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For sodium chloride, NaCl, there are 6 anions around each cation (coordination number Na = 6); because of the 1:1 stoichiometry there must also be 6 Na cations around each Cl anion.