Sodium Chloride is an alkali halide with an fcc crystal structure. The basis is two ions, a sodium cation and a chlorine anion. The crystal lattice parameter is 0.563 nm. The diagram shows both a unit ...

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As the attractions from the water molecules and their motion pulls the ions apart, the sodium chloride crystal dissolves. The positive areas of the water molecules surround the negative Chloride ions.

Its atomic radius is 0.190 nm and the (+1) ionic radius is 0.95 nm. In the solid state Sodium has a body-centered cubic crystal structure with a = 0.428 nm and a nearest neighbor distance of 0.371 nm.