Problem Set 6  (Due Nov. 13)
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1)  Problem 5.4 in your textbook.  (10 points)

2)  Problem 5.10 in your textbook (10 points)

3)  Problem 5.12 in your textbook (10 points)

4)  Problem 5.17 in your textbook. Hint: use Born-Haber cycles  (10 points)

5)  Problem 5.16 (10 points)

6) a) For CsCl calculate the Madelung constant A in the same fashion as in the solved example in your textbook for NaCl. What is the value after the inclusion of two, three, four, and five terms? b) Compare the values with the ones given in the table, and compare with NaCl c) Show your understanding of the Madelung constant by calculating A for the isolated F-Be2+F- fragment, considered as a purely ionic species. (30 points)
7) By using: a) the number of NaCl formula units in the unit cell of NaCl as calculated in your book (and during class) b) The density of NaCl known to be 2.167 g.cm-3 c) Your knowledge of the relationships between density, volume, Avogadro’s number and formula weight find: 1) The volume of the unit cell, and thus the length of the edge of the cell 2) The length of the internuclear distance    r+ + r-  3) Check your answer against literature values from tables in your textbook (or the other textbooks in reserve) (20 points).