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What does the Mass number tell us about an isotope?

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The number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus

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What does the Atomic number tell us?

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The number of protons in the nucleus

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Where are protons and neutrons found?

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In the nucleus

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How would we calculate the number of neutrons in a isotope?

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Mass number - Atomic number

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Give the relative charge and relative mass of protons, neutrons and electrons

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Proton- charge +1, mass 1
Neutrons- charge 0, mass 1
Electrons- charge -1, mass 1/1840

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What did Ernest Rutherford discover?

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Found that most of the mass and all of the positive charge was in a tiny central nucleus

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What did Henri Becquerel discover?

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Radioactivity, showing that particles come from inside the atom, therefore atoms are divisible

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What did JJ Thompson discover?

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The electron, and that is negatively charged, that all electrons from an atom are the same.

Suggested the precedes of protons to balance charge, suggested plum pudding model

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What did John Dalton discover?

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Suggested elements were made of invisible atoms,

Same elements = same mass

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What did Robert Boyle discover?

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Proposed there ewe substances that could be made simpler- chemical elements

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electrons are arranged in energy levels and sub-levels, what letters are given to the sub-levels?

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s,p,d,f

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write an equation for the first ionisation energy of sodium?

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Na(g) –> Na+(g) +e-

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what is the electronic configuration for vanadium? (periodic table needed)

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1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p6,3d3, 4s2

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which sub-shell fills first- 4s or 3d?

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4s

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what is the maximum number of electrons held in each of the s, p ,d sub-shells?

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s-2
p-6
d-10

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z for krypton is 36, what is the electronic configuration? (periodic table needed)

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1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p6, 3d10, 4s2, 4p6

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there are two isotopes of chlorine, Cl-35 (75%) and Cl-37 (25%), show that the R.A.M of chlorine is 35.5

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(35 x 75) + (37 x 25)
____________________
100
=35.5

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how do we work out the relative atomic mass of an element?

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add up (mass x abundance) for each isotope and then divide by total abundance
(mass x Abundance
__________________
total abundance

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what happens to first ionisation energies as we move left to right along the period? why?

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it increases

because nuclear charge increases but shielding remains the same

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what is an atomic orbital?

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a volume f space that an electron (or pairs of electrons) fill

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what is an energy level?

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“a shelll”

a collection of electrons with similar energy. the first ‘shell’ contains 2, the second 8 and the third 18 electrons.

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when moving right to left across the period 3, what exceptions are there for ionisation energy?

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Auminium- because the electron is being moved from3p, which has a slightly higher energy level than 3s.

Sulfur- because there are two electrons in one of the 3p orbitals and so there is repulsion between them

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what can we say about the spin of pairs of electrons?

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paired electrons will have opposite spin

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what is the rule for electron pairing in orbitals?

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electrons will fill in singly within the same sub-shell, before they pair (because they repulse each other)

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write the equation for the second and third ionisation energies of sodium

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Na+(g) –> NA2+(g) + e-

NA2+(g) –> NA3+(g) +e-

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define first ionisation energy

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the energy required to remove one mole of electrons from one mole of atoms, in the gaseous state

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how are electrons removed from atoms?

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ioniation, the atoms are hit with a beam of electrons from an electron gun

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what is an isotope

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atoms of the same element, with the same number of protons and electrons, but a different number of netrons

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what does letter A stand for?

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mass number

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what does the letter Z stand for?

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atomic number

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30
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define second ionisation energy

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the energy required to remove one mole of electrons from one mole of atoms, with one positive charge, in the gaseous state

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when thinking about electrons what should we thnk

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S- shielding
A- attraction (to)
N- necleus
D- distance (of outer shell)
E- elctrons
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32
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what does ionic bonding happen between

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metal and non-metal

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33
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what properties do ionic compounds have

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melting points
strong force between oppositely charged ions
molten when dissolved

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what is covalent bonding

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sharing pairs of electrons between atoms

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what is another name for dative covalent bonding

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co-ordinate bonding

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what is dative covalent bonding

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a covalent bond where both electrons in the bond have been contributed by one species

37
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what happens in dative covalent bonding

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an atom that is electron deficient, as it doesn’t have a full outer shell, the atom that is donating the electrons has a pair of electrons not being used, called a lone pair

38
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what crystal structures conduct electricity? why?

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al metallic, graphite

because they have delocalised electrons that are free to moe through the structure

39
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what effect do pairs of electrons both bonding and non-bonding have on each other

A

they repel

40
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what shape and bond angle would a molecule with only two bonding pairs of electrons in the outer shall have?

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Linear

180’

41
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what shape and bond angle would a molecule with only three bonding pairs of electrons in the outer shall have?

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trigonal planar

120’

42
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what shape and bond angle would a molecule with only four bonding pairs of electrons in the outer shall have?

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tetrahedral

109.5’

43
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what shape and bond angle would a molecule with only five bonding pairs of electrons in the outer shall have?

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trigonal bipyramid

90’ and 120’

44
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what shape and bond angle would a molecule with only six bonding pairs of electrons in the outer shall have?

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octahedral

90’

45
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what shape and bond angle would a molecule with three bonding pairs and one lone pair have?

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triangular pyramid

107’

46
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what shape and bond angle would a molecule with two bonding pairs and two lone pairs have

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v-shape

104.5’

47
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what shape and bond angle would a molecule with four bonding pairs and two lone pairs have

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square planar

90’

48
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what repels more, bonding pairs or lone pairs

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lone pairs

49
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what is ionic bonding

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the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions in a lattice

50
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what is an ion

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a charged particle

51
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what charge do the ions of elements the groups 1,2,3,6,7 have?

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1= +1
2= +2
3= +3
6= -2
7=-1
52
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what is metallic bonding

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attraction between delocalised electrons and positive ions, in a lattice

53
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what is electro-negativity

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the power of an atom to withdraw the electron density from a covalent bond

54
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what is meant by a polar bond

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where the charge in a molecule is not symmetrical, so one area is slightly more positive and another slightly more negative

55
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what can we say about the polarity of bonds in elements

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they are not polar

56
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what can we say about the polarity of bonds between different elements

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they will be polar to different extents depending on the elements

57
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starting with the weakest, name the three types of intermolecular attraction

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van der walls
permanent dipole-dipole
hydrogen bonding

58
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what is a single covalent bond

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a shared pair of electrons

59
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what is a double covalent bond

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two shared pairs of electrons

60
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how does the strength of a covalent bond compare with the strength of a hydrogen bond

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covalent bonds are stronger

61
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what causes van der waals force

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caused by instantaneous dipoles. these occur because in any instant electrons are not spread evenly and more will be in one area than another. this will, in that instant induce a dipole in its neighbour, leading attraction

62
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where do we find van der waals forces and what affects its strength

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found in all atoms and molecules. the more electrons present, the bigger the force

63
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what causes permanent dipole- dipole force

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attraction between molecules with permanent dipoles

64
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what effects the strength of permanent dipole-dipole force

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the bigger he difference in electro-negativity between a bonding pair, the greater the dipole and so the greater the force

65
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what causes hydrogen bonding

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when hydrogen is covalently bonded to NOF. the hydrogen can be shared between this and a lone pair on another molecule

66
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why does temperature not increase while a substance is melting or boiling

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he energy is absorbed as the bond weakens

67
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what is the energy required to weaken the forces of attraction in a solid enough for a solid to turn into a liquid called

A

enthalpy change to fusion

68
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what are the four types of crystal structure

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ionic, metallic, giant covelent , molecular

69
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what are ionic crystals held together by

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intermolecular forces (van der waals, hydrogen, dipole-dipole) hold molecules together. covalent bonds hold atoms within the molecules together

70
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what are metallic crystals held together by

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attractions between positive metal ions and a negative ‘sea of delocalised electrons

71
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what are giant covalent (macromolecular) crystals held together by

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covalent bonds

72
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what type of structure do the following crystals have? NaCl, Mg, Diamond, Graphite Iodine, Ice

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NaCl- ionic
Mg- metallic
Diamond- Giant Covalent
Graphite- Giant Covalent
Iodine- Molecular
Ice- molecular
73
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what is electron repulsion theory

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each pair of electrons around an atom will repel all other electron pairs
the pairs of electrons will take positions as far away from each other as possible

74
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what does macromolecular mean

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a macromolecular structure is one in which large numbers of atoms are linked in the regular three-dimensional arrangement by covalent bonds

75
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why is the second ionisation energy of silicon is lower than the second ionisation energy of aluminium

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Electron in Silicon is removed from a higher energy orbital/ more shielded

76
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Predict the element in period 3 that has the highest second ionisation energy

A

Na

Electron is removed from 2p

77
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explain why the ionisation energy of every element is endothermic

A

Energy needed to overcome attraction between electron and nucleus

78
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Suggest why the electronegativity of the elements increase from lithium to fluorine

A

The attraction to the nucleus increases
The distance of the outer electron increases
But shielding stays the same

79
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Explain how the current is generated in a mass spectrometer

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Electrons transfer at the detector to the positive ion

80
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Identify the period two element, from carbon to fluorine that has the largest atomic radius. Explain answer

A 
Carbon
> fewest protons
> smallest nuclear charge 
> least attraction between protons and electrons 
> weakest nuclear attraction 
> similar shielding
81
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State one reason why the first ionisation energy of rubidium is lower than the first ionisation energy of sodium

A

> Further from nucleus
from higher energy level
more shielding

82
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Why is there no hydrogen bonding between phosphine molecules

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There is not a great enough difference in electronegativity

83
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In terms of structure and bonding, why does graphene have a high melting point

A

Covalent bonds are hard to break

84
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Why can a meal be hammered into different shapes

A

The layers can slide over each other making it malleable

85
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Suggest one reason why particles with the same mass and velocity can be deflected by different amounts in the same magnetic field

A

Different charges

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