Why do CsCl and NaCl have different structures?

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CsCl (cesium chloride) has a simple cubic structure because the larger Cs+ ions occupy the corners of the cubic unit cell, while the smaller Cl- ions occupy the center of the cell. NaCl (sodium chloride) has a face-centered cubic structure because the Na+ ions occupy the face centers, and the Cl- ions occupy the corners of the unit cell.

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