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  • Cesium Chloride Coordination Number: Understanding Ionic Bonding in CsCl
    The coordination number of both ions in a cesium chloride crystal is 8.

    Here's why:

    * Structure: Cesium chloride (CsCl) crystallizes in a simple cubic structure. This means that each Cs+ ion is surrounded by 8 Cl- ions, and each Cl- ion is surrounded by 8 Cs+ ions.

    * Coordination Number: The coordination number refers to the number of nearest neighbors an ion has in a crystal lattice.

    Therefore, both Cs+ and Cl- ions in CsCl have a coordination number of 8.

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