Consider an ionic solid MX with NaCl structure Construct a

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Consider an ionic solid MX with NaCl structure Construct a new structure Z whose unit cell is constructed from the unit cell of MX following the sequential instructions given below Neglect the charge balance i Remove all the anions X except the central one ii Replace all the face centered cations M by anions X iii Remove all the corner cations M iv Replace the central anion X with cation M The value of number of anions number of cations in Z is