Chemistry A-Level
ionic lattices
What ionic lattices means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of ionic lattices
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Giant lattices that ionic compounds form, rather than collections of molecules, so there is no molecule whose mass could be quoted.
Topics that use ionic lattices
- Relative atomic mass and relative molecular mass (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Relative atomic mass
- relative formula mass
- relative molecular mass
- water of crystallisation
- carbon-12 scale
- dimensionless ratio
- formula units
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