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The first list below contains the formula of a hydride. Each has a ‘partner’ in the second...

The first list below contains the formula of a hydride. Each has a ‘partner’ in the second list of phrases. Match the ‘partners’; there is only one match for each pair. Structural descriptions refer to the solid state.

List 1

List 2

BeH2

3D lattice with octahedral metal centres

[PtH4]2“

Non-stoichiometric hydride

NaH

M(0) complex

LNiH4]4-

Polymeric chain

fPtH612-

M(IV) complex

[TcHgJ2-

Tricapped trigonal prismatic hydrido complex

HfHn

Square planar complex

A1H3

Saline hydride

Suggest explanations for the following observations

(a) Ammonium fluoride forms solid solutions with ice.


(b) The viscosity decreases along the series of Liquids H3po4 > H2so4 > I-HCIO4.


(c) Formic (methanoic) acid has a Trouton constant of 60.7 JK1 mol-1.


(d) pKa values for fumaric acid and its geometrical isomer maleic acid are:

 

Ptfa(l)

P*a(2)

Fumaric acid

3.O2

4.38

Maleic acid

1.92

6.23

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