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CHEM107 Final Exam - Inorganic Chemistry
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MCQS on the chemistry, properties, and reactivity of metal-containing compounds. Topics include atomic structure and electron configurations, bonding theories, ionic bonding, ionic solids and packing structures, band theory, alloys, semiconductors, and superconductors, inorganic acids and bases, and the properties and compounds of Group 1-7 elements.
 

CHEM107 Final Exam - Inorganic Chemistry
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1. How many octahedral holes would you expect to find in a closed-packed crystal containing 8 atoms?
2. The configuration for cadmium has 48 electrons. How many electrons occupy the 3d orbital?
3. The molecular formula for chlorous acid is
4. The crystal field splitting diagram shown here represents a _________ complex.
5. The doping of silicon with which element would likely form an p-type semiconductor?
6. For the reaction of mercury(II) chloride and ammonia, which product is a conjugate Lewis base?
7. A rhombohedral crystal system has which characteristics?
8. A material that is able to maintain zero electrical resistance at temperatures near 30K° is considered a(n)
9. For the pair of reactions below, which compounds are represented by X, Y, and Z, respectively?
10. Tetrahedral holes have a coordination number of
11. How many complete flourine atoms are present in a single unit cell of flourite (CaF2)?
12. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy makes use of liquid helium in order to generate large magnetic fields. The metals involved in creating these fields are behaving as
13. The chemical formula for potassium hexacyanorhodium(III) is
14. At low temperatures, semiconductors and insulators differ only in
15. The element represented by this orbital diagram is
16. The reaction between hexaamminechromium(III) perchlorate and an excess amount of _________ would definitely lead to the following crystal field splitting diagram.
17. The complex MXLY has the crystal coordinate system seen below. Of the 14 Bravais lattices, to which could MXLY belong?
18. What is the molecular geometry of BCl3?
19. In a sulfur-based Lewis base, as the oxidation number of sulfur increases (such as SO32- to SO42-), what happens to its Lewis base character?
20. How many electrons are in the outermost energy shell for promethium (element 61)?
21. What is the size of an octahedral hole in a cubic close-packed system with a radius of 1.5 Ä?
22. While not to the same extent as Group I metals, Group II metals are quite reactive with water. Each metal has a different level of reactivity with water, but they ultimately follow a well-observed reactivity trend. What is an explanation for the trend observed in water reactivity when moving down from beryllium to barium?
23. Which orbital would you expect to be the LUMO for a O22- peroxide ion?
24. Which of the following statements about superconductors is true?
25. A body-centered cubic unit cell has a coordination number of