Additional Questions
- Give the structures of the anions for an asbestos-like mineral and for muscovite (white mica)
- Circle the most correct answer.
- Which has the higher melting point?
CCl4, CBr4
- Which has the lower melting point?
NaF, NaI
- Which is harder?
CO2, SiO2
- Which has the strongest intermolecular forces?
PCl3, BCl3, BH3
- Which has the higher melting point?
MgCl2, BCl3, BI3
- Which has the higher melting point?
- Make a sketch showing the structure of SiO2.
- Give formulas for the following compounds:
- aluminum oxide
- magnesium hydroxide
- silver iodide
- cobaltous phosphate
- ferric arsenate
- chromic perchlorate
- lithium dihydrogen phosphate
- cuprous hypoiodite
- ammonium bromate
- auric sulfite
- cadmium nitride
- ferrous sulfide
- nickel nitrite
- barium sulfate
- Name the following compounds:
- Rb2O
- K3PO3
- Ni(ClO2)2
- HgF2
- PbCO3
- Mn(OH)2
- BaHPO4
- CsNO3
- Ca(HCO3)2
- Fe(CN)3
- H3PO2
- Calculate the potential energy (in kJ/mol) of a mole of CaO using 2.40 Å as the interionic distance and assuming that it has the NaCl structure (M= 1.76).
- In each of the following pairs of compounds which has the highest lattice energy?
- lithium fluoride or cesium fluoride
- lithium chloride or lithium iodide
- sodium chloride or magnesium chloride
- Which has:
- the greatest hardness--CaF2 or TiO2?
- the highest ionization energy--Na or Mg or Ca?
- the greatest electron affinity--N or O or S?
- the highest electronegativity--Si, Ge, or Sn?
- the lowest melting point--LiF, LiCl, or LiI?
- Predict which has the highest melting point:
- NaBr or CsBr
- NaF or NaI
- NaCl or MgCl2
- MgCl2 or MgS
- MgF2 or MgCO3