3.6 Intermolecular Forces, Electronegativity & Bond Properties | CIE A Level Chemistry Topic Questions 2025

11 mark

Silver and iodine are both shiny crystalline solids.

Which forces exist between neighboring iodine molecules in solid iodine and particles in solid silver?

	Iodine	Silver
A	Metallic bonds	Covalent bonds
B	Ionic bonds	Metallic
C	Covalent bonds	Covalent bonds
D	Van der Waals’ forces	Metallic

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11 mark

1.00g of propanone is reacted with 5.00g of ethane-1,2-diol and the strong acid benzene sulphonic acid, C₆H₅SO₃H. The mixture is heated under reflux in an inert solvent.

1-3-h-1

Which of the following statements is not correct?

Propanone has a higher melting point than ethane-1,2-diol
Both products are polar molecules
Ethane-1,2-diol is soluble in water
Water has a higher melting point than liquid Y

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Which of the following changes of state shows only dispersion van der Waals’ forces being overcome?

C₃H₆ (l) $\to$ C₃H₆ (s)
CO₂ (l) $\to$ CO₂ (g)
H₂O (s) $\to$ H₂O (l)
C₂H₅OH (l) $\to$ C₂H₅OH (g)

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	CHCl₃	Br₂
A	Induced dipoles only	Induced dipoles only
B	Induced dipoles only	Induced dipoles and permanent dipoles
C	Induced dipoles and permanent dipoles	Induced dipoles and permanent dipoles
D	Induced dipoles and permanent dipoles	Induced dipoles only

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