The structure of magnesium carbide, MgC 2 , is of the NaCl type, elongated along one axis.

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The structure of magnesium carbide, MgC2, is of the NaCl type, elongated along one axis. 

(a) Explain how this elongation arises. 

(b) What do you infer from the fact that there is no similar elongation in NaCN which also crystallizes with a NaCl-type structure?

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Inorganic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781292134147

5th Edition

Authors: Catherine Housecroft

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