MgO is a high-temperature ceramic material that has mixed ionic and covalent bonding. Should MgO have the NaCl structure or the CsCl structure based upon ionic radii?

What will be an ideal response?


From Appendix C the ionic radius of Mg is 0.066 nm and for oxygen it is 0.132 for a radius ratio of:





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