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ionic compounds possess very high melting and boiling points?

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ICSE-CHEMICAL BONDING AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE-SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
  1. Draw the Lewis symbol for Calcium. Will it form an ion? What is the ...

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  2. Draw the lewis symbol for Nitrogen and Sulphur.

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  3. Explain why ionic compounds possess very high melting and boiling ...

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  4. Give reasons why? Ionic compounds are soluble in water

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  5. Explain why ionic compounds are hard and brittle?

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  6. Why do covalent compounds exhibit stereoisomerism?

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  7. What do you understand by bond length? On what factors does it depend?

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  8. Carbon has four electrons in its valence shell. Which type of compound...

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  9. Why does a covalent bond develop a partial ionic character when the el...

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  10. You are given five neutral atoms A, B, C, D and E having the following...

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  11. You are given five neutral atoms A, B, C, D and E having the following...

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  12. You are given five neutral atoms A, B, C, D and E having the following...

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  13. You are given five neutral atoms A, B, C, D and E having the following...

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  14. Why is ionic bond regarded as an extreme case of a polar covalent bond...

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  15. Define bond energy. On what factors does it depend?

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  16. Discuss the formation of MgO.

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  17. Discuss the factors which govern the formation of an ionic bond.

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  18. What do you understand by variable electrovalency? Give atleast two ex...

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  19. What is inert pair effect? How does it account for the variable electr...

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  20. What is Born-Haber cycle? Explain with an example.

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