Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

Tin occurs in two forms: grey tin and white tin. The properties of grey tin and white tin are listed below. Grey tin: boiling point $2543\,\text{K}$, no electrical conductivity in solid or liquid, brittle. White tin: boiling point $2533\,\text{K}$, good electrical conductivity in solid and liquid, malleable. Which structural change could occur as grey tin is converted into white tin?

  • Agiant covalent to giant ionic
  • Bgiant covalent to giant metallic
  • Cgiant ionic to giant covalent
  • Dgiant ionic to giant metallic

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