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alkali halide

chemical compound

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ionic crystals

In crystal: Ionic bonds
The alkali halide crystals are binaries of the AH type, where A is an alkali ion (lithium [Li], sodium, potassium, rubidium, or cesium) and H is a halide ion (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine). The crystals have ionic bonding, and each ion has six or eight…
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