(a) Is lattice energy usually endothermic or exothermic? (b) Write the chemical equation that represents the process...

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(a) Is lattice energy usually endothermic or exothermic?

(b) Write the chemical equation that represents the process of lattice energy for the case of NaCl.

(c) Would you expect salts like NaCl, which have singly-charged ions, to have larger or smaller lattice energies compared to salts like CaO which are composed of doubly-charged ions?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 9780321910417

13th Edition

Authors: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus

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