why doesnt the radius ratio rule work for TlCl3??? the division would be the radius of the cation / radius of the anion. For Tl3+ and Cl-...88pm/181pm = .49 which would correspond to a 'zinc blende' crystal structure and not a CsCl type crystal as the rest of the internet says...any explanations? does it have to do with covalence?
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