Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

Molten aluminium chloride has a simple molecular structure. Every molecule contains two aluminium atoms and six chlorine atoms. Which statement is correct?

  • AAll the chlorine atoms in $1\,\text{g}$ of molten aluminium chloride have the same mass.
  • BOne mole of molten aluminium chloride contains $6.02 \times 10^{23}$ aluminium atoms.
  • COne mole of molten aluminium chloride contains $3.61 \times 10^{24}$ chlorine atoms.
  • DThe empirical formula of molten aluminium chloride is $\text{Al}_2\text{Cl}_6$.

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