Sodium Chloride is an alkali halide with an fcc crystal structure. The basis is two ions, a sodium cation and a chlorine anion. The crystal lattice parameter is 0.563 nm. The diagram shows both a unit ...

A dot and cross diagram for sodium chloride suggests that it is made up of pairs of sodium and chloride ions. It is not. A 3D construction model shows how the ions are arranged in a lattice ...

SODIUM chloride is usually added to a culture medium to make the medium isotonic, so that any blood added as an enrichment is not hæmolysed. It is conceivable that any specific requirements a non ...