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    This 4-page document contains an inorganic chemistry exam with 7 questions covering various topics: 1) Electron configurations of chromium and nickel, and an explanation of ferromagnetism using nickel's configuration. 2) Associating solids (K2CrO7, Hg, SiO2, CHI3) with sets of chemical and physical properties. 3) Comparing boiling points of pairs of substances and providing reasons for the higher-boiling substance. 4) Discussing the energy changes involved in forming solid magnesium chloride from its elements. 5) Identifying the structure of a unit cell as body-centered cubic or face-centered cubic, and determining the coordination number

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    INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2

    [[ Number of Pages:

    4 including coverpage

    Annexure(s): 1

    FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

    CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

    COURSE:

    SUBJECT:

    CODE(S):

    DATE:

    DURATION:

    MARKS:

    EXAMINER:

    INTERNAL EXTERNAL
    MODERATOR: MODERATOR:

    INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

    REQUIREMENTS:

    Page 0 of 4
    INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2

    SECTION A

    1. 1.1 Give the noble-gas-core abbreviated notations for the electron


    configuration of

    (a) chromium 2
    (b) nickel 2

    1.2 Make use of the electron configuration of nickel to explain what


    ferromagnetism is. 2
    (6)
    2. Associate, giving the main forces between particles, each of the solids

    K2CrO7 , Hg , SiO2 , CHI3

    with one of the following sets of properties:

    (a) a very hard substance that melts at about 3000 C.


    (b) an orange non-conducting solid that melts at 800 C to give an
    electrically conducting liquid.
    (c) a yellow solid with a characteristic odour having a melting point of
    120 C.
    (d) a gray lustrous electrically conducting liquid. (6)

    3. Choose, with reasons, which substance in each of the following pairs has
    the higher boiling point:

    3.1 HCl or HI 3
    3.2 CaO or KBr 4
    3.3 NO or N2 3
    3.4
    O 3
    or CH3CH2OH
    3.5

    or 3
    (16)

    4. Use reaction equations to briefly discuss energy changes involved in the


    formation of solid magnesium chloride from solid magnesium and chlorine
    gas. (5)

    Page 1 of 4
    INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2

    5. Study the structure below and answer the following questions:

    (a) Is the structure body-centered cubic (bcc) or face-centered cubic


    (fcc)? Explain your answer. 3

    (b) What is the coordination number of the ion in the shaded unit cell? 1
    (4)

    6. An isolated ion had no definite size, but in a crystal, it is possible to assign


    a “radius” to ions.

    Briefly discuss the two (2) main factors that will influence the magnitude of
    ionic radii. (4)

    7. The approximate radii of the Na + and Cl- ions are 99 pm and 181 pm
    respectively.

    (a) Calculate the radius ratio of NaCl. 1

    (b) What can be predicted (determined) from the radius ratio? 2


    (3)

    Page 2 of 4

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