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• The only alkali halides that do not adopt NaCl structure are CsCl,  CsBr, and CsI, which crystallize in the cesium chloride structure.

Cesium chloride unit cell

• CsCl consists of interpenetrating simple cubic arrays of cations  and anions.

• Each cation is surrounded by eight anions, and vice versa.

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