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, between a
where
= magnitude of charge on one ion
= elementary charge, 1.60221019 C
= permittivity of free space
= 1.1121010 C/(J m)
= distance separating the ion centers
For a simple lattice consisting ions with
equal and opposite charge in a 1:1
ratio, interactions between one ion and
, sometimes called
where
= Madelung constant, which is related to the
geometry of the crystal
= closest distance between two ions of
opposite charge
Repulsive term[edit]
so that the
where
, would
Minimizing this
energy with respect
to yields the
equilibrium
separation
in terms
of the unknown
constant :
Evaluating the
minimum intensive
potential energy
and substituting the
expression for
terms of
yields
the BornLand
equation:
in