AP EAMCET202018 Sep 2020Evening ShiftChemistryStructure of AtomActual
Which of the following is true about sodium chloride?
Options
- AMolecular mass (=58.5 amu )
- BFormula mass (=58.5 amu )
- CMolecular mass (=5.85 amu )
- DFormula mass (=5.85 amu )
Correct answer
B. Formula mass (=58.5 amu )
Step-by-step solution
Sodium chloride is an ionic crystal of rock salt structure in which (4 NaCl ) units are present in one unit cell of coordination number, ( Na ⁺: Cl ^ =6: 6 ) So, actual molecule of sodium chloride is not ( NaCl , NaCl ) is the molecular formula of formula mass (=(23+35.5)=58.5 amu )