A certain metal bromide, MBr, crystallizes in a primitive cubic unit cell with bromide ions at the lattice points. If the metal ions occupy cubic holes, how many bromide ions surround each metal ion in th metal bromide

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Answer:

8

Explanation:

A crystal lattice is defined as the 3D arrangement of ions, molecules, and atoms inside a crystal. It comprises a large number of unit cells. Each one of the constituent particles take up every point of the crystal lattice. For example, n the primitive cubic unit cell, the molecules, atoms or ions are arranged only at the corners of the lattice. And each atom at the corner is commonly distributed among eight (8) adjacent unit cells. Therefore, the number of bromide ions that will surround each metal ion is 8.