What type of network solid is KCl and NaCl?
The crystal structure of potassium chloride is like that of NaCl. It adopts a face-centered cubic structure. Its lattice constant is roughly 6.3 Å. Crystals cleave easily in three directions. The type of chemical bond that holds together the potassium and chlorine atoms in a potassium chloride molecule is an ionic bond. The electronegative chlorine atom accepts the 4s electron belonging to the potassium atom and an ionic attraction arises between the resulting K+ and the Cl– ions. similarly for NaCl. Ans
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