Diamond helps to discover hexagonal salt

Explore ionic structures in your class with the discovery of a strange form of table salt

The use of diamond has lead to the creation of an unusual 2D structure of table salt. Download this starter slide for the topic of ionic structures with links to giant covalent structures for student ages 14–16.

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