Rock Salt (Halite)
compound
NaCl
The structure inside every grain of table salt
Every grain of table salt is built from this perfect, repeating cubic lattice of sodium and chlorine.
Material
Gallery canvas set in a solid wood floating frame.
Frame
Brown
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Crystallography
| Catalogue identity | Halite (Sodium Chloride) — Pm-3m |
| Formula | NaCl |
| Crystal system | cubic |
| Space group | F m -3 m |
| Lattice (a, b, c) Å | 5.5937, 5.5937, 5.5937 |
| Angles (α, β, γ) ° | 90, 90, 90 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 2.218 |
Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)