Physical Properties of Two Solids

NaCl
Odour
nil
Ionic/Covalent
Ionic
Melting point
High
Boiling point
High
Hardness
Hard/brittle
Solubility (in water)
soluble
Conductivity (solid)
poor
Conductivity (dissolved)
good
Solubility (non-polar)
insoluble

Camphor
strong
Covalent
Low
Low
Soft
insoluble
poor
poor
soluble

Questions
1. Camphor, Strong odour means molecules
leave the surface easily
2. Sodium Chloride had the more tightly
bonded molecules
3. CuCl2 is more soluble in water (its ionic)
4. NO2 would have the lower melting/boiling
point (its covalent)

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