Sodium is an alkali metal in group IA of the periodic table with atomic number 11 ... In the solid state Sodium has a body-centered cubic crystal structure with a = 0.428 nm and a nearest neighbor ...

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 ...