Chapter 12: Problem 15
(a) Draw a picture that represents a crystalline solid at the atomic level. (b) Now draw a picture that represents an amorphous solid at the atomic level.
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Chapter 12: Problem 15
(a) Draw a picture that represents a crystalline solid at the atomic level. (b) Now draw a picture that represents an amorphous solid at the atomic level.
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Define the term alloy. Distinguish among solid solution alloys, heterogeneous alloys, and intermetallic compounds.
Which of the following properties are typical characteristics of a covalent- network solid, a metallic solid, or both: (a) ductility, (b) hardness, (c) high melting point?
A particular form of cinnabar (HgS) adopts the zinc blende structure, Figure \(12.26 .\) The length of the unit cell edge is \(5.852 \AA\). (a) Calculate the density of \(\mathrm{HgS}\) in this form. (b) The mineral tiemmanite (HgSe) also forms a solid phase with the zinc blende structure. The length of the unit cell edge in this mineral is \(6.085 \AA\). What accounts for the larger unit cell length in tiemmanite? (c) Which of the two substances has the higher density? How do you account for the difference in densities?
Tin exists in two allotropic forms: Gray tin has a diamond structure, and white tin has a close-packed structure. One of these allotropic forms is a semiconductor with a small band gap while the other is a metal. Which one is which? Which form would you expect to have the longer \(\mathrm{Sn}-\mathrm{Sn}\) bond distance?
Hydrogen bonding between polyamide chains plays an important role in determining the properties of a nylon such as nylon 6,6 (Table 12.5 ). Draw the structural formulas for two adjacent chains of nylon 6,6 and show where hydrogenbonding interactions could occur between them.
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