Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

Copper and iodine are both lustrous crystalline solids. What forces are present between particles in solid copper and between adjacent iodine molecules in solid iodine?

  • Acopper: ionic bonds; iodine: covalent bonds
  • Bcopper: ionic bonds; iodine: van der Waals’ forces
  • Ccopper: metallic bonds; iodine: covalent bonds
  • Dcopper: metallic bonds; iodine: van der Waals’ forces

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