Arrange the following substances in order of increasing magnitude of the London forces: SiCl4, CCl4, GeCl4.
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Arrange the following substances in order of increasing magnitude of the London forces:
CH_4 C_3H_8 C_2H_6
(a) What is meant by the term polarizability? (b) Which of the following atoms would you expect to be most polarizable: N, P, As, Sb? Explain. (c) List the following molecules in order of increasing polarizability: GeCl4, CH4, SiCl4, SiH4, and GeBr4. (d) Predict the order of boiling points of the substances in part (c).
Which of the following in not tetrahedral?
ICl4-, BrO4-, GeCl4, CCl4