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These compounds dissolve in polar solvents to give ionic solutions that contain highly solvated anions and cations. Alkali halides dissolve large amounts of the corresponding alkali metal: caesium is completely miscible at all temperatures above the melting point.
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solids, although as finely ground powders appear white. They melt at high temperature, usually several hundred degrees to colorless liquids. Their high melting point reflects their high
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Greenwood, N. N.; & Earnshaw, A. (1997). Chemistry of the
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Ball-and-stick model of the coordination of Na and Cl in NaCl. Most alkali metal halides adopt this structure.
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lattice that accommodates coordination number of eight for the larger metal cation (and the anion also).
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of six. Caesium chloride, bromide, and iodide crystallize in a
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342:References
120:Properties
59:table salt
171:Potassium
80:Structure
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230:Chlorine
193:Fluorine
188:Halogens
176:Rubidium
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181:Caesium
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335:(1.8)
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304:Iodine
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261:(2.3)
249:(2.2)
224:(3.3)
212:(3.2)
166:Sodium
69:Halite
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317:(1.6)
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292:(2.0)
280:(1.9)
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255:(2.2)
243:(2.1)
237:(2.0)
218:(3.2)
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296:CsBr
290:RbBr
278:NaBr
272:LiBr
259:CsCl
253:RbCl
241:NaCl
235:LiCl
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284:KBr
247:KCl
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