The Sodium Chloride Structure

Last modified 5 April 2001

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• Prototype: NaCl
• Pearson Symbol: cF8
• Strukturbericht Designation: B1
• Space Group: Fm(-3)m (Cartesian and lattice coordinate listings available)
• Number: 225
• Other Elements with this Structure: Agcl, BaS, CaO, CeSe, DyAs, GdN, KBr, Lap, LiCl, LiF, MgO, NaBr, NaF, NiO, PrBi, PuC, RbF, ScN, SrO, TbTe, UC, YN, YbO, ZrO
• Primitive Vectors:
  • A₁ = ½ a Y + ½ a Z
  • A₂ = ½ a X + ½ a Z
  • A₃ = ½ a X + ½ a Y
• Basis Vectors:
  • B₁ = 0   (Na)   (4a)
  • B₂ = ½ A₁ + ½ A₂ + ½ A₃ = ½ a X + ½ a Y + ½ a Z   (Cl)   (4b)

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