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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

The coordination number of a M2+ in MX2 is 8 hence coordination number of X- is

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5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Jayesh Vashishtha
4 Years ago
Dear students,

Each M²⁺ ion is in cubic coordination with eight X⁻ neighbors.
So the coordination no of each M²⁺ ionis 8.
Whereas each X⁻ ion is tetrahedrally surrounded by four M²⁺ ions.
Hence, the coordination no of each X⁻ion is 4.

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