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The 16 pages that link to Rock salt structure, each with the reason it gives.

• Coordination numberBroader topic: It provides a canonical sixfold coordination environment for both ionic species.

• Fluorite structureCompared with: Rock salt has sixfold coordination, unlike fluorite’s eightfold cation and fourfold anion coordination.

• Lithium chlorideRelated: Solid LiCl adopts this structure, with each ion surrounded by six counterions.

• Lithium fluorideBroader topic: LiF crystallizes in this structure, shared with sodium chloride.

• Potassium bromideRelated: Solid potassium bromide adopts this structure, like sodium chloride.

• Wurtzite crystal structureCompared with: Its octahedral coordination contrasts with wurtzite's tetrahedral coordination.

• Lead(II) sulfideRelated: Lead and sulfide ions occupy this structure in crystalline PbS.

• Manganese(II) oxideRelated: MnO adopts this structure, with manganese and oxide ions occupying alternating lattice positions.

• Potassium fluorideRelated: Solid potassium fluoride adopts this structure, characteristic of many 1:1 ionic salts.

• Tantalum carbideRelated: Tantalum carbide commonly adopts this cubic crystal structure.

• Barium sulfideRelated: BaS commonly crystallizes in this structure, with barium and sulfide ions in sixfold coordination.

• Caesium iodideRelated: At room temperature, CsI has the related but distinct cesium-chloride-type structure; comparing structures clarifies its coordination.

• Cobalt(II) oxideRelated: CoO adopts this structure, with cobalt and oxygen ions occupying interpenetrating lattices.

• Magnesium sulfideRelated: Synthetic MgS commonly adopts this six-coordinate ionic structure.

• Rubidium chlorideRelated: Rubidium chloride adopts this common arrangement of monovalent ions.

• Titanium nitrideRelated: TiN adopts this structure, with titanium and nitrogen occupying alternating lattice sites.