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The general formula of an ionic compound crystallizing in the rock-salt structure is

A

AB

B

`AB_(2)`

C

`A_(2)B`

D

`AB_(3)`

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A
The rock-salt structure involves face-centred cubic unit cell. If has four cations and four anion per unit cell. The formula for ionic compound is `A_(4)B_(4)` i.e., AB.
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