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You Create a New and Unique Ionic Compound Composed of +4

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You create a new and unique ionic compound composed of +4 cations and -1 anions.Which of the following statements about your compound is FALSE?


A) The cations and anions must arrange themselves to minimize repulsions between ions with like charges.
B) There must be four times as many anions as cations in the crystal lattice.
C) Each cation must touch four anions.
D) The cation is probably significantly smaller than the anion, and this has an impact on the crystal structure.
E) The electrostatic potential energy is probably quite large and negative.

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