Advanced Placement Chemistry 1991 Free Response Questions

8) Experimental data provide the basis for interpreting differences in properties of substances.

Account for the differences in properties given in Tables 1 and 2 above in terms of the differences in structure and bonding in each of the following pairs.

(a) MgCl₂ and SiCl₄

(b) MgCl₂ and MgF₂

(c) F₂ and Br₂

(d) F₂ and N₂

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