Magnesium oxide (MgO) has a much larger lattice energy than sodium chloride (NaCl)

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Magnesium oxide (MgO) has a much larger lattice energy than sodium chloride (NaCl). Explain this difference in one or two sentences, referring specifically to the properties of the ions involved.

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