Blog Post 2: Unit Cell of NaCl

Blue balls: Na
Clear balls: Cl

Na+ atoms have a width of .095 nm.

Blue balls are Na+ atoms thus equal to .095nm. in the model we have they are 1cm. With this model 1cm = .095nm.

Height, width, and length is .06m

In Angstroms: 6,000,000A
In nm: .4275 nm

.31mg is mass of  one cube NaCl

5.3E-6 moles per cube

Number of NaCl molecules per cube is 3.19E18

One side of the cube has 1472756 NaCl molecules

Meaning the dimensions of a cube of salt are 629603nm x 629603nm x 629603nm

Volume of a unit cell of NaCl is .055 nm^3

number of unit cells in a cube is 4.53E18