Properties of Ionic and Covalent Compounds

Question 1

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Which compound will you recommend to Ceramic Artisans? Support your answer with data.

Question 2

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Group the substances into two groups according to their properties.

Question 3

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List the properties of the two different groups that you created in number 2 (include solubility in both water and alcohol, conductivity in water and melting point).

Group 4

Ionic compounds contain a metal. Covalent compounds do not contain metals. Identify each compound as ionic vs covalent (check the materials section for formulas):

Question 4a

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Salicylic acid:

Question 4b

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Sodium carbonate:

Question 4c

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Sodium chloride:

Question 4d

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Sucrose:

Question 5

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Now that you know which substances are ionic and which are covalent, based on your collected data, write a statement to summarize the properties of ionic compounds and another statement to summarize the properties of covalent compounds.

Question 6

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Water is a polar solvent. Alcohol is nonpolar. Polar substances dissolve in polar solvents and nonpolar substances dissolve in nonpolar solvents. Based on your data of which covalent substance dissolved in water, which covalent compound is polar and which is nonpolar? How do you know?

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