Science
ChemistryChemistry: An Atoms First ApproachA mineral crystallizes in a cubic closest packed array of oxygen ions with aluminum ions in some of the octahedral holes and magnesium ions in some of the tetrahedral holes. Deduce the formula of this mineral and predict the fraction of octahedral holes and tetrahedral holes that are filled by the various cations.A mineral crystallizes in a cubic closest packed array of oxygen ions with aluminum ions in some of the octahedral holes and magnesium ions in some of the tetrahedral holes. Deduce the formula of this mineral and predict the fraction of octahedral holes and tetrahedral holes that are filled by the various cations.
BuyFindlaunch
Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach
2nd Edition
Steven S. Zumdahl + 1 other
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781305079243
BuyFindlaunch
Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach
2nd Edition
Steven S. Zumdahl + 1 other
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781305079243
Solutions
Chapter 9, Problem 86E
Textbook Problem
A mineral crystallizes in a cubic closest packed array of oxygen ions with aluminum ions in some of the octahedral holes and magnesium ions in some of the tetrahedral holes. Deduce the formula of this mineral and predict the fraction of octahedral holes and tetrahedral holes that are filled by the various cations.
check_circle
Expert Solution
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solution.Chapter 9 Solutions
Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach
Ch. 9 - What are intermolecular forces? How do they differ...Ch. 9 - Define the following terms and describe how each...Ch. 9 - Compare and contrast solids, liquids, and gases.Ch. 9 - Distinguish between the items in the following...Ch. 9 - What is a lattice? What is a unit cell? Describe a...Ch. 9 - What is closest packing? What is the difference...Ch. 9 - Describe, in general, the structures of ionic...Ch. 9 - Define each of the following. a. evaporation b....Ch. 9 - Why is the enthalpy of vaporization for water much...Ch. 9 - Compare and contrast the phase diagrams of water...
Ch. 9 - It is possible to balance a paper clip on the...Ch. 9 - Consider a sealed container half-filled with...Ch. 9 - Explain the following: You add 100 mL water to a...Ch. 9 - Is it possible for the dispersion forces in a...Ch. 9 - Does the nature of intermolecular forces change...Ch. 9 - Why do liquids have a vapor pressure? Do all...Ch. 9 - Water in an open beaker evaporates over time. As...Ch. 9 - What is the vapor pressure of water at 100C? How...Ch. 9 - Refer to Fig. 9-41. Why doesnt temperature...Ch. 9 - Which are stronger, intermolecular or...Ch. 9 - Why does water evaporate?Ch. 9 - Rationalize why chalk (calcium carbonate) has a...Ch. 9 - In the diagram below, which lines represent the...Ch. 9 - Hydrogen bonding is a special case of very strong...Ch. 9 - Atoms are assumed to touch in closest packed...Ch. 9 - Define critical temperature and critical pressure....Ch. 9 - Use the kinetic molecular theory to explain why a...Ch. 9 - Will a crystalline solid or an amorphous solid...Ch. 9 - What is an alloy? Explain the differences in...Ch. 9 - Describe what is meant by a dynamic equilibrium in...Ch. 9 - How does each of the following affect the rate of...Ch. 9 - A common response to hearing that the temperature...Ch. 9 - When a person has a severe fever, one therapy used...Ch. 9 - Why is a burn from steam typically much more...Ch. 9 - When wet laundry is hung on a clothesline on a...Ch. 9 - Cake mixes and other packaged foods that require...Ch. 9 - You have three covalent compounds with three very...Ch. 9 - Compare and contrast the structures of the...Ch. 9 - Compare and contrast the structures of the...Ch. 9 - Silicon carbide (SiC) is an extremely hard...Ch. 9 - How could you tell experimentally if TiO2 is an...Ch. 9 - A common prank on college campuses is to switch...Ch. 9 - A plot of In (Pvap) versus 1/T (K) is linear with...Ch. 9 - Iodine, like most substances, exhibits only three...Ch. 9 - Identify the most important types of interparticle...Ch. 9 - Identify the most important types of interparticle...Ch. 9 - Predict which substance in each of the following...Ch. 9 - Consider the compounds CI2, HCI. F2, NaF, and HF....Ch. 9 - Rationalize the difference in boiling points for...Ch. 9 - Consider the following electrostatic potential...Ch. 9 - In each of the following groups of substances,...Ch. 9 - In each of the following groups of substances,...Ch. 9 - The shape of the meniscus of water in a glass tube...Ch. 9 - Explain why water forms into beads on a waxed car...Ch. 9 - Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a syrupy liquid with a...Ch. 9 - Carbon diselenide (CSe2) is a liquid at room...Ch. 9 - X rays from a copper X-ray tube ( = 154 pm) were...Ch. 9 - The second-order diffraction (n = 2) for a gold...Ch. 9 - A topaz crystal has an interplanar spacing (d) of...Ch. 9 - X rays of wavelength 2.63 were used to analyze a...Ch. 9 - Calcium has a cubic closest packed structure as a...Ch. 9 - Nickel has a face-centered cubic unit cell. The...Ch. 9 - A certain form of lead has a cubic closest packed...Ch. 9 - Iridium (Ir) has a face-centered cubic unit cell...Ch. 9 - You are given a small bar of an unknown metal X....Ch. 9 - A metallic solid with atoms in a face-centered...Ch. 9 - Titanium metal has a body-centered cubic unit...Ch. 9 - Barium has a body-centered cubic structure. If the...Ch. 9 - The radius of gold is 144 pm, and the density is...Ch. 9 - The radius of tungsten is 137 pm and the density...Ch. 9 - What fraction of the total volume of a cubic...Ch. 9 - Iron has a density of 7.86 g/cm3 and crystallizes...Ch. 9 - Explain how doping silicon with either phosphorus...Ch. 9 - Explain how a pn junction makes an excellent...Ch. 9 - Selenium is a semiconductor used in photocopying...Ch. 9 - The Group 3A/Group 5A semiconductors are composed...Ch. 9 - The band gap in aluminum phosphide (AlP) is 2.5...Ch. 9 - An aluminum antimonide solid-state laser emits...Ch. 9 - The structures of some common crystalline...Ch. 9 - The unit cell for nickel arsenide is shown below....Ch. 9 - Cobalt fluoride crystallizes in a closest packed...Ch. 9 - The compounds Na2O, CdS, and ZrI4. all can be...Ch. 9 - What is the formula for the compound that...Ch. 9 - Assume the two-dimensional structure of an ionic...Ch. 9 - A certain metal fluoride crystallizes in such a...Ch. 9 - The structure of manganese fluoride can be...Ch. 9 - The unit cell of MgO is shown below l Does MgO...Ch. 9 - In solid KCl the smallest distance between the...Ch. 9 - The CsCl structure is a simple cubic array of...Ch. 9 - MnO has either the NaCI type structure or the CsCI...Ch. 9 - What type of solid will each of the following...Ch. 9 - What type of solid will each of the following...Ch. 9 - The memory metal, nitinol, is an alloy of nickel...Ch. 9 - Superalloys have been made of nickel and aluminum....Ch. 9 - Perovskite is a mineral containing calcium,...Ch. 9 - A mineral crystallizes in a cubic closest packed...Ch. 9 - Materials containing the elements Y, Ba, Cu, and O...Ch. 9 - The structures of another class of ceramic,...Ch. 9 - Plot the following data and determine Hvap for...Ch. 9 - From the following data for liquid nitric acid,...Ch. 9 - In Breckenridge, Colorado, the typical atmospheric...Ch. 9 - The temperature inside a pressure cooker is 115C....Ch. 9 - Carbon tetrachloride, CCI4, has a vapor pressure...Ch. 9 - Diethyl ether (CH3CH2OCH2CH3) was one of the first...Ch. 9 - A substance, X, has the following properties:...Ch. 9 - Use the heating-cooling curve below to answer the...Ch. 9 - The molar heat of fusion of sodium metal is 2.60...Ch. 9 - The molar heat of fusion of benzene (C6H6) is 9.92...Ch. 9 - What quantity of energy does it take to convert...Ch. 9 - Consider a 75.0-g sample of H2O(g) at 125C. What...Ch. 9 - An ice cube tray contains enough water at 22.0C to...Ch. 9 - A 0.250-g chunk of sodium metal is cautiously...Ch. 9 - Consider the phase diagram given below. What...Ch. 9 - Sulfur exhibits two solid phases, rhombic and...Ch. 9 - Use the accompanying phase diagram for carbon to...Ch. 9 - Like most substances, bromine exists in one of the...Ch. 9 - The melting point of a fictional substance X is...Ch. 9 - Consider the following data for xenon: Triple...Ch. 9 - Some of the physical properties of H2O and D2O are...Ch. 9 - Rationalize the following boiling points:Ch. 9 - Consider the following vapor pressure versus...Ch. 9 - Consider the following enthalpy changes:...Ch. 9 - The unit cell for a pure xenon fluoride compound...Ch. 9 - Boron nitride (BN) exists in two forms. The first...Ch. 9 - Consider the following data concerning four...Ch. 9 - Argon has a cubic closest packed structure as a...Ch. 9 - Dry nitrogen gas is bubbled through liquid benzene...Ch. 9 - A 20.0-g sample of ice at 10.0C is mixed with...Ch. 9 - In regions with dry climates, evaporative coolers...Ch. 9 - The critical point of NH3 is 132C and 111 atm, and...Ch. 9 - Which of the following compound(s) exhibit only...Ch. 9 - Which of the following statements about...Ch. 9 - Which of the following statements is( are) true?...Ch. 9 - Aluminum has an atomic radius of 143 pm and forms...Ch. 9 - Pyrolusite is a mineral containing manganese ions...Ch. 9 - The structure of the compound K2O is best...Ch. 9 - What type of solid (network, metallic, Group 8A,...Ch. 9 - Some ice cubes at 0c with a total mass of 403 g...Ch. 9 - The enthalpy of vaporization for acetone is 32.0...Ch. 9 - Choose the statements that correctly describe the...Ch. 9 - When I mole of benzene is vaporized at a constant...Ch. 9 - You and a friend each synthesize a compound with...Ch. 9 - Using the heats of fusion and vaporization for...Ch. 9 - Consider a perfectly insulated and sealed...Ch. 9 - Consider two different organic compounds, each...Ch. 9 - Rationalize the differences in physical properties...Ch. 9 - Consider the following melting point data:...Ch. 9 - Some ionic compounds contain a mixture of...Ch. 9 - Some ionic compounds contain a mixture of...Ch. 9 - Spinel is a mineral that contains 37.9% aluminum,...Ch. 9 - Mn crystallizes in the same type of cubic unit...Ch. 9 - You are asked to help set up a historical display...Ch. 9 - Some water is placed in a sealed glass container...Ch. 9 - The molar enthalpy of vaporization of water at 373...Ch. 9 - For a simple cubic array, solve for the volume of...Ch. 9 - Rubidium chloride has the sodium chloride...Ch. 9 - A 0.132-mole sample of an unknown semiconducting...Ch. 9 - A metal burns in air at 600c under high pressure...Ch. 9 - One method of preparing elemental mercury involves...Ch. 9 - General Zod has sold Lex Luthor what Zod claims to...
Additional Science Textbook Solutions
Find more solutions based on key concepts
Although Al(OH)3 is insoluble in water, NaOH is very soluble. Explain in terms of lattice energies.
Chemistry
Aluminum metal reacts with bromine, a red-brown liquid with a noxious odor. The reaction is vigorous and produc...
General Chemistry - Standalone book (MindTap Course List)
You are asked to determine the perimeter of the cover of your textbook. You measure the length as 34.29 cm and ...
Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation
A certain corner of a room is selected as the origin of a rectangular coordinate system. If a fly is crawling o...
College Physics
(Indicates a review question, which means it requires only a basic understanding of the material to answer. Que...
Inquiry into Physics
Why is Arabidopsis such a useful model organism for plant development?
Biology (MindTap Course List)
Where else on this figure (other than the area indicated) would there be strong winds?
Fundamentals of Physical Geography
The bodys use of fat for fuel without the help of carbohydrate results in the production of a. ketone bodies b....
Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies - Standalone book (MindTap Course List)
Calculate the percent daily Value and the percent kcalories from fat for cup frozen yogurt that provides 115 k...
Understanding Nutrition (MindTap Course List)
AC3 plant absorbs a carbon radioisotope (as part of 14CO2). In which compound does the labeled carbon appear fi...
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Solve the following equation for the unknown value, T. (4.184)(244)(T 292.0) + (0.449)(88.5)
Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
58. The Molecular Revolution box “Engineering Animals to Do Chemistry” describes a pig whose genes have been mo...
Chemistry In Focus
Suppose a Piece of food is on the edge of a rotating microwave oven plate. Does it experience nonzero tangentia...
College Physics
On what does the range of a projectile depend?
An Introduction to Physical Science
25-75 What is the function Of endonuclease in the BER repair mechanism?
Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry
The heat of neutralization, Hneut, can be defined as the amount of heat released (or absorbed), q, per mole of ...
Chemistry: Principles and Reactions
Trace glycerol metabolism after it enters the glycolytic pathway as dihydroxyacetone phosphate and give an over...
Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
Write three additional rate relationships like equation using the definition of the rate from equation or .
Physical Chemistry
The terms; solute, solvent and solution should be defined. Concept Introduction: In chemistry, a solution refer...
Chemistry for Engineering Students
Translate the sequence of bases in the previous question, starting at the second base.
BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
The need for iron decreases during pregnancy because women do not menstruate during pregnancy. ______ True_____...
Nutrition Through The Life Cycle
When alveolar ventilation is 7 L/min and the pulmonary blood flow is 9.5 L/min. the V/Q ratio is about A. 0.4 B...
Cardiopulmonary Anatomy & Physiology
Design an experiment to test Lamarcks hypothesis that characteristics acquired during an organisms lifetime are...
Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
Why did Tycho Brahe expect the new star of 1572 to show parallax? Why was the lack of parallax evidence against...
Horizons: Exploring the Universe (MindTap Course List)
Define homeostasis.
Human Biology (MindTap Course List)
Identify the stages of mitosis, and describe the important events that occur during each stage.
Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
Use rise web to look up the percentage of dopant for a commercially available p-type semiconductor. Imagine tha...
Chemistry for Engineering Students
2. What kinds of molecules are responsible for the green color in spring leaves and the red color in fall leave...
Chemistry In Focus
The 1H and 13C NMR spectra of compound A, C8H9Br, are shown. Propose a structure for A, and assign peaks in the...
Organic Chemistry
The mass of 7.00 moles of a compound is determined to be 140.07 g. What is the formula mass of the compound?
General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry
Researchers estimate that the average daily municipal solid waste production per person in the United States is...
Environmental Science (MindTap Course List)
Does this graph support the hypothesis that cutting the trees from a forested area causes the area to lose nutr...
Environmental Science (MindTap Course List)
Death Valley holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in the United States. On July 10, 1913, at a...
Physics for Scientists and Engineers
Assume it takes 7.00 minutes to fill a 30.0-gal gasoline tank. (a) Calculate the rate at which the tank is fill...
College Physics
Identify a genetic condition that is not found by maternal or newborn screening.
Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (MindTap Course List)
What is the starting material for the biosynthesis of each of the following nonessential amino acids? a. Glutam...
Organic And Biological Chemistry
A roller coaster at the Six Flags Great America amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, incorporates some clever de...
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Technology Update (No access codes included)
By a currently favored hypothesis, species richness of a community is greatest between physical disturbances of...
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Which of the following substances is/are likely to dissolve in water, and which is/are likely to dissolve in be...
Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
Among the first antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia was halopcridol (Haldol), a competitive ...
Organic Chemistry
Write the electron configuration of the highest occupied energy sublevel for each of the following elements: br...
Introductory Chemistry: An Active Learning Approach
If you toss a coin 100 times, what is the probability of finding between 0 and 10 heads? How does your answer c...
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
What is sediment?
Oceanography: An Invitation To Marine Science, Loose-leaf Versin
Determine (a) the capacitance and (b) the maximum potential difference that can be applied to a Teflon-filled p...
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
Why is the period of an open orbit undefined?
Foundations of Astronomy (MindTap Course List)
