Pauling's Rules: Radius Ratio, Polyhedron, Coordination Numbers

Did you know that understanding and predicting the crystal structure of inorganic materials is an important goal of Pauling's Rules in chemistry?. In 1929, Linus Pauling published a series of five empirical rules rationalising inorganic crystal structures. The Pauling rules apply to ionic compounds and describe what are the preferred local environments of a cation and how these environments connect to each other. These rules have become a cornerstone of solid-state chemistry and remain the main empirical theory rationalizing crystal-structure stability. Pauling developed these five rules by combining his knowledge of inorganic crystal structures and simple electrostatic arguments. Though, in response to observed deviations, these rules have been slightly improved over the years, nowadays they remain widely used in their original form.

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Cation ( Read as Cat - Ion) ..
Anion ( An-ion)..
Great video, overall though..

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