Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

Certain car paints include minute flakes of silica, $\text{SiO}_2$. In the solid structure of $\text{SiO}_2$: - every silicon atom is bonded to $x$ oxygen atoms, - every oxygen atom is bonded to $y$ silicon atoms, - each bond is a $z$ type bond. Which combination of $x$, $y$ and $z$ is correct for these statements?

  • A$x=2$, $y=1$, covalent
  • B$x=2$, $y=1$, ionic
  • C$x=4$, $y=2$, covalent
  • D$x=4$, $y=2$, ionic

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