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Date May 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 18M.2.hl.TZ1.d.i
Level hl Paper 2 Time zone TZ1
Command term Suggest Question number d.i Adapted from N/A
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18M.2.hl.TZ1.d.i

Calcium carbide, CaC2, is an ionic solid.

Suggest two reasons why solid calcium has a greater density than solid potassium.

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Any two of:

stronger metallic bonding

smaller ionic/atomic radius

 

two electrons per atom are delocalized

OR

greater ionic charge

 

greater atomic mass

 

Do not accept just “heavier” or “more massive” without reference to atomic mass.

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