Chapter 10: Q64 E (page 590)
What types of liquids typically form amorphous solids?
Large and cumbersome molecules are amorphous solid
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The test tubes shown here contain equal amounts of the specified motor oils. Identical metal spheres were dropped at the same time into each of the tubes, and a brief moment later, the spheres had fallen to the heights indicated in the illustration. Rank the motor oils in order of increasing viscosity, and explain your reasoning:
Identify the following substances as ionic, metallic, covalent network, or molecular solids: Substance A is malleable, ductile, conducts electricity well, and has a melting point of\({\rm{1135 ^\circ C}}\). Substance B is brittle, does not conduct electricity as a solid but does when molten, and has a melting point of\({\rm{2072 ^\circ C}}\). Substance C is very hard, does not conduct electricity, and has a melting point of\({\rm{3440 ^\circ C}}\). Substance D is soft, does not conduct electricity, and has a melting point of\({\rm{185 ^\circ C}}\).
Aluminum (atomic radius \( = 1.43{A^o}\) ) crystallizes in a cubic closely packed structure. Calculate the edge length of the face-centered cubic unit cell and the density of aluminum.
The types of intermolecular forces in a substance are identical whether it is a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Why then does a substance change phase from a gas to a liquid or to a solid?
Identify the type of crystalline solid (metallic, network covalent, ionic, or molecular) formed by each of the following substances:
\(\begin{array}{l}{\rm{(a)CaC}}{{\rm{l}}_{\rm{2}}}\\{\rm{(b)SiC}}\\{\rm{(c)}}{{\rm{N}}_{\rm{2}}}\\{\rm{(d)Fe}}\\{\rm{(e)C(graphite)}}\\{\rm{(f)C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{3}}}{\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{3}}}\\{\rm{(g)HCl}}\\{\rm{(h)N}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{4}}}{\rm{N}}{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{3}}}\\{\rm{(i)}}{{\rm{K}}_{\rm{3}}}{\rm{P}}{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{4}}}\end{array}\)
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