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CHM678 : ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND BONDING

Exercise
1. Calculate and compare the number of atoms per cubic centimeter in:
a. Lead [density = 11.36 g/cm3 ; atomic weight = 207.19]
b. Lithium [density = 0.534 g/cm3 ; atomic weight = 6.94]
2. Aluminum has been widely used as food wrapping. If 15 cm x 15 cm weighing
0.002537 g of the aluminum foil is required to wrap a piece of cake, calculate the
number of aluminum atom per square cm. [ Al atomic weight = 26.982]
3. In order to plate a steel part having a surface area of 200 cm 2 with a 0.002 cm thick
layer of nickel. (AW Ni = 58.71g/mol, density = 8.902g/cm3 )
a. how many atoms of nickel are required ?
b. how many moles of nickel are required?
4. Cubic zirconia (ZrO2) is a polycrystalline ceramic with a melting point of 2700 oC.
Briefly explain the suitability of this material as oxygen gas sensors in automotives
that operates at 725 oC and what type of bonding that cubic zirconia has?
5. a) Explain and sketch a diagram that represents the formation of bonding in potassium
(K). Label the diagram. (AW K =19)
b) When iodine reacts with potassium, a new chemical compound of potassium iodide
(KI) is formed. It is a white crystalline salt that is used in photography and radiation
treatment. Name the type of bonding of this compound and reason out your answer.

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