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NaCl Lattice©
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These colorful magnetic sodium chloride ion models are hard to resist! With this model, students will:
- Discover the cubic nature of salt crystals
- Explore how the positive sodium and negative chloride ions form electrostatic bonds
- Examine the efficient lattice packing of the ions
- Investigate high melting temperature, brittleness, and cleavage planes