Find the density of metal with a volume 4.0 cm and a mass of 8.0 grams.
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Answer:
Explanation:
The solid consists of positive and negative ions, so it is an ionic solid.
Ionic solids are brittle, usually water-soluble, and poor thermal conductors as solids. Thus, the correct answer is .
(A) is wrong. It describes a covalent solid, which is soft and always a poor conductor.
(B) is wrong. It describes a covalent solid, which is also low-melting.
(D) is wrong. It describes a metal, and a metal does not contain negative ions.