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You have an ionic compound AxBy where the radii of the cation and anion are 0.074 and 0.184 nm, respectively. What is the predicted coordination number of the cation

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Answer:

radius cation/radius anion=a number and then get 0.40217. which is in the range for a 4 coordination number

Explanation:

https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Book%3A_Introduction_to_Inorganic_Chemistry/09%3A_Ionic_and_Covalent_Solids_-_Energetics/9.01%3A_Ionic_Radii_and_Radius_Ratios