Rock Salt (Halite)

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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Shown true-to-size - a 8×10in piece scaled against real furniture.

Crystallography

Catalogue identityHalite (Sodium Chloride) — Pm-3m
FormulaNaCl
Crystal systemcubic
Space groupF m -3 m
Lattice (a, b, c) Å5.5937, 5.5937, 5.5937
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90
Density (g/cm³)2.218

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)