One description of the cesium chloride structure places chloride ions on the lattice point of a simple cubic space lattice.

The cesium ions occupy all of the cubic holes in the simple cubic array of chloride ions.

The unit cell of cesium chloride is a cube with a lattice point at each corner. Chloride ions are located on the corners and a cesium ion at the center of the most common cell.

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