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The Solid State
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What is the arrangement of Zn2+ and S2– ions in Zinc blende (ZnS) crystal structure?

Answer

Zinc sulfide crystallizes in a Face-Centered Cubic unit cell (FCC) having an edge length of 5.409 Angstroms
Sulfide anions have FOUR neighbors of opposite charge arranged at vertices of a tetrahedron. Zinc cations also have FOUR neighbors of opposite charge arrange at vertices of a tetrahedron. So the Zn : S coordination ratio is 4 : 4 or 1 : 1.

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