Properties of ionic, covalent, and metallic compounds

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• What are some examples of ionic compounds?
• Why do metallic compounds conduct electricity as a solid?
• Why are properties of covalent compounds so diverse?
• Why are metallic compounds malleable?
• What are metallic compounds and why are they conductive?
• Why are covalent compounds not conductive?
• What properties do metallic compounds have?
• What covalent compounds are soluble in water?
• How does temperature affect solubility of ionic compounds?
• How does the electrical conductivity of ionic compounds change?
• Do the ionic bonds in compounds affect freezing their point?
• How do covalent compounds conduct electricity?
• Why are covalent compounds often simple molecules?
• What are the main properties of ionic compounds?
• What are the main properties of covalent compounds?
• How do ionic compounds conduct electricity?
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• Question #f7215
• How do we know that methane is tetrahedral?
• Question #8d9e4
• Question #7a793
• Question #c573b
• Why are the melting and boiling points of graphite, and diamond so high?
• Why do highway workers spread calcium on the roads?
• Question #2a5b4
• What properties could be expected of Sulfur Hexaperchlorate?
• Question #7f749
• What are two physical properties of metallic copper?
• What types of substances dissolve easily in water?
• What is the best metal to use for a hand-warmer?
• What does #VSEPR# say in regard to the structure of #CO_2#, and #SiO_2#?
• What are five properties of most metals?
• What is a property that only some metals have?
• What does luster mean in relation to metals?
• Why do gases take up a lot of space?
• What is #"molecularity"#? And how does #"molecularity"# relate to the melting point/boiling point of a substance?
• Which of the following statement is FALSE?
• Why would you get electrocuted if you went swimming in a pool during an electrical storm? Hint: think about what people put in pools in order to kill bacteria.
• What do you call a long-chain organic molecule with a polar group on one or both ends of the molecule?
• What is the conductivity of salts?
• How does acetic acid differ from hydrochloric acid in degree of conductivity, and why?
• What property of metals allows a jeweler to hammer a piece of silver to make jewelry?
• How does the movement of particles in a stick of butter differ from the movement of particles in a dish of melted butter?
• What is the difference in conductivity between the 0.001 M sodium chloride and the 0.001 M ferric chloride?
• Chlorine and Bromine have similar properties. What is the best explanation for this?
• Question #58356
• Why is ionic solid non-conductive, yet its solutions in water, or in the liquid state, it carries a charge?
• Question #b8fe4
• What is the freezing point of bromine?
• Why is #["Mo"("H"_2"O")_6]^(3+)# paramagnetic?
• Question #62413
• Why are metals used to make electric wire and electrical goods?
• Question #8a58d
• What is an example of an alloy how does its properties may make it more useful than a pure metal?
• What happens to salt when it's put into a beaker of water?
• What is a method of insulation that can completely eliminate heat loss by conduction?
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• The movement of atoms is an example of what type of energy?
• Question #81fec
• What properties would have caused early researchers to name hydrogen "inflammable air"?
• What is the molecularity of magnesium oxide; would you expect its melting point to be high?
• Question #2ef05
• When a strontium compound is heated in a flame, red light is produced. When a barium compound is heated in a flame, yellow-green light is produced. Why does this happen?
• Are ionic solutes always soluble in water?
• Would flame tests be useful for detecting metal ions present in a mixture of metal ions?
• What term is used to describe how well various substances conduct thermal energy?
• Caesium has an atomic radius of #2.5 xx10^(-8)# cm and crystallizes in a body-centered cubic crystal structure . The length of the unit cell edge in picometers is?
• Which type of bonding accounts for the relatively high boiling point of #H_2O# as compared with the relatively low boiling point of #H_2S#?
• Why are diamonds different in appearance compared to graphite if they are both made of carbon atoms?
• What are the three noble metals used in dentistry?
• Why do you think a water molecule is bent and not linear?
• What is the main problem with hard water for most people?
• What is special about water as a solvent?
• Why would you reasonably expect cadmium to be a contaminant in zinc but not in silver?
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• Question #b3a29
• Question #0990d
• A sample of copper can be drawn into a thin wire. Is this property of copper a physical property or a chemical property?
• Is #NH_3# a gas or a solid? How do you know?
• Question #81fa5
• Question #fc777
• A compound known as cubic boron nitride has a structure similar to that of a diamond. What properties would you expect it to have?
• Why doesn't #CO_2# melt if you leave it out in the open?
• Question #96121
• What state is ionic compound at room temperature?
• What is the melting point of ionic compounds?
• Question #55e72
• Question #498cf
• Is there a difference in the dipole moment of a gas molecule in isolation compared to being dissolved in a solvent?
• Question #96821
• Why does ice float after it crystallizes?
• Question #76437
• How do water molecules dissolve a salt?
• Question #ca2e6
• Why are the salts in sports drinks classified as electrolytes?
• Which type of property is malleability?
• What properties of water are demonstrated by water moving up a straw?
• Do solid particles vibrate?
• What kind of solid has a regular, repeating arrangement of atoms?
• What are electrolytes?
• Question #5aabb
• An unknown solution is found to have the ability to conduct an electrical current. When iron metal is exposed to the solution, it reacts and produces an orange precipitate and hydrogen gas. This unknown solution is best characterized as what?
• What is a common characteristic of a metal?
• Are all ionic compounds soluble in water?
• The crystal lattice structure of ionic compounds is responsible for which set of characteristic properties?
• Substance A will not dissolve in water. What can be said about substance A?
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• What is the name of the family that is stable and rarely combines with other elements since their outer energy level of electrons is full?
• Can unmagnetized steel be magnetized?
• Is malleability an extensive property or an intensive property?
• Which has the higher melting point, boiling point: toluene or magnesium hydroxide?
• Question #1d2d4
• What is the anion in an ionic compound whose name ends in "-ide"?
• Question #60c66
• Question #60d5d
• Why Diamond has higher melting point than Silicon Carbide?
• What factors influence the solubility of a salt with respect to the given diagram?
• The melting points of a series of compounds are reported. Which of the options likely represents a molecular species? #A.# #801# #""^@C#; #B.# #1600# #""^@C#; #C.# #1538# #""^@C#; #D.# #0# #""^@C#;
• Question #0f383
• Why do covalently bound substances have low melting and boiling points?
• Which have higher melting points ionic or metallic compounds?
• What are the chemical and physical properties of common salt?
• Question #58486
• Why is an ionic solid non-conductive, but conductive in aqueous solution?
• Why is diamond a solid, whereas carbon dioxide, which is a heavier molecule, is a gas?
• Which of these two ionic compounds has the higher melting point: sodium oxide or aluminium oxide? Why?
• Question #947ff
• Why is it possible to shape metal?
• What do compounds that are ductile and excellent conductors of electricity have?
• Is disodium gas a metal?
• Question #bc364
• How can you use electrical conductivity to decide if a compound is ionic or covalent?
• Question #0444a
• You have three substances: #"lithium fluoride"#; #"carbon dioxide"#; and #"dinitrogen pentoxide"#. Which species should have the highest melting and boiling point?
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• Question #44b85
• Is diamond an insulator? What about graphite?
• What are the order of melting points for water, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen telluride, and hydrogen selenide?
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• Question #59d6d
• Why are metals malleable and ductile?
• Which material would be totally involatile?
• Why is zinc conductive?
• Which is an unusual property of water? #"1. The gas has a smaller volume of than the liquid."# #"2. The density of the solid phase is LESS than the liquid phase."# #"3. It has a molecular mass of "18.01*g*mol^-1;# #"4. The"# #H-O# #"bonds are weak."#
• Why are ionic solids poor conductors of electricity?
• What factors influence the solubility of ionic solids in solvents?
• Question #5943f
• Do the presence of ions facilitate corrosion?
• Question #450ff
• What is the difference between copper sulfate, and copper sulfate pentahydrate?
• Why are the melting point and boiling point of graphite so remarkably high?
• What is the density of a metal that has atomic mass 114 u and crystallizes in a face-centred cubic cell with an edge length of 105 pm?
• Question #e23e4
• What is the colour of #PbI_2(s)#?
• Question #175b0
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• Question #08146
• Why is graphite a good conductor?
• Question #4e2bf
• Why are the melting points of sodium chloride, and magnesium oxide so different?
• Which salt should exhibit the greatest lattice enthalpy: #"A. " LiBr;# #"B. " LiF;# #"C. " NaBr;# #"D. " NaF?#
• Why is anhydrous copper sulfate a white powder, while #CuSO_4*5H_2O# a blue crystal?
• What is the saltiest tasting salt?
• How is dry #HCl# supplied?
• Why we can say Ionic hydrides are used as dehydrating agents??
• What is Octane Number? and What is its importance in fuel?
• Why do ionic compounds dissolve in water?
• What is the effect of matter of malleability? Thank you so much for answering!
• Does a mixture have to involve dissolving a solid into a different phase?
• Does aqueous ammonia conduct electricity?
• Are flame tests useful in determining identities of metals in a mixture of two or more salts? Why or why not?