Author Question: Which would you expect to have a higher melting point: sodium chloride, NaCl, or aluminum oxide, ... (Read 76 times)

javeds · **on:** Jul 29, 2018

Which would you expect to have a higher melting point: sodium chloride, NaCl, or aluminum oxide, Image?

A) The aluminum oxide has a higher melting point because it is a larger molecule and has a greater number of molecular interactions.
B) NaCl has a higher melting point because it is a solid at room temperature.
C) The aluminum oxide has a higher melting point because of the greater charges of the ions, and hence the greater force of attractions between them.
D) The aluminum oxide has a higher melting point because of the covalent bonds within the molecule.

Question 2

If the following generic atom were to undergo ionization, what would the most likely product be?

A) +1
B) -2
C) -3
D) +4
E) would probably not ionize