UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS

TEST
SEMESTER 1 SESSION 2020/2021

INTRODUCTION TO INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL QUESTIONS with answers in HANDWRITTING or TYPING.
2. Students are required to UPLOAD their answer scripts on MyGuru within the
specified time.

This question paper contains 7 pages including the cover page.

NAME : NAZREEN NASRULLAH BIN MOHAMAD

LECTURE GROUP: A / B / C / D / E

REGISTRATION NO: E20182023012

IDENTITY CARD NO:

9 8 0 4 0 2 1 3 5 1 6 7
LECTURERS: DR SITI MUNIRAH BINTI SIDIK
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1. Solid materials can be classified into three different categories named crystalline,
polycrystalline and amorphous. Advance studies in material chemistry lead to
development of technology and innovation.
(a) Define the factors that should be taken into consideration when innovating new
materials.
The cost used for innovation.
Design of inovation process
Collaboration

[3 Marks]

(b) What makes crystal is different from amorphous material? Give one example
for each type of materials.
Crystal possesses rigid and long ranged order such as snowflakes while
amorphous made up of randomly onentated and do not have any long-
range order such as silicon.

[3 Marks]

(c) A cubic solid is made of two elements P and Q. All P cations are located at the
corners of the unit cell and six Q anions on the center of all the cubic faces.

i. Draw a structure of the cubic mentioned above.

[2 Marks]
ii. What is the coordination number of Q?
Coordination number of Q = 12

[1 Mark]

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 iii. What is the formula of the compound? Show your work.
Number of atom p
= 8 x 1/8
=1
Number of atom Q
=6x½
=3

Ratio of p and q = 1 : 3
Formula = PQ 3

[3 Marks]

(c) Thallium bromide (TlBr) has a cesium chloride (CsCl) crystal structure.

i. Draw a unit cell of TlBr and determine the coordination number of Tl+ and Br-
ions.

[2 Marks]

ii. Determine in which cubic form the TlBr occurs.

Body centered cube
[1 Mark]

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 iii. Calculate the total number of ions in the cell unit.
1/8 x 8 = 1 ion
1 body = 1 ion
Tibr = 1 : 1

[2 Marks]

iv. It is true that the edge length (a) of this crystal lattice is 2.31 times the radius
(r) of the ions in the crystal? Justify your answer.

[2 Marks]

v. If the crystal has edge length (a) of 36.5 cm, calculate density of the crystal.

[3 Marks]

2. Miller indices form a notation system in crystallography for planes in crystal

(Bravais) lattices. In particular, a family of lattice planes is determined by three
integers.
a) Draw the following planes of Miller Indices in the given cubic lattice.
i. (0 1 1)
ii. (1 3 2)

iii. (1 0 2)

iv. (0 2 1)
 v. (2 0 2)

[5 Marks]

b) Using the diagram of unit cell structure of mineral perovskite (A xByOz),

count the number of atoms at each position and determine the formula of
the compound represented. Show your work.
 B

[3 Mark]

(d) Zinc sulphide (ZnS) has two common polymorphs which is sphalerite and
wurtzite.

i. Diffrentiate the arrangement of ions in the sphalerite and wurtzite structure.

[2 Marks]

ii. By using your own illustration, briefly explain two most common atom
orientations that generate close-packed lattice.
 [3 Marks]

3. Quantum numbers describe the energy level of an orbital and define the shape and
orientation of the region in space where the electron is most likely to be found.
(a) What are the similarities and the difference between:
i. a 1s orbitals and a 3s orbitals

ii. a 2px orbitals and 2pz orbitals

[2 Marks]

(b) The highest energy electrons in an atom Q have the principal quantum number
n = 4 and the angular quantum number l = 0. What is the maximum number of
electrons present in atom Q?
 [3 Marks]

(c) An atom X contains eight electrons in s orbitals, twelve electron in p orbitals,

and eight electrons in d orbitals. Write the electronic configuration of X and
determine what is atom X?

[4 Marks]

(d) The proton number of titanium is 22. Three electronic configurations are written
for titanium, as listed below.

i. Which of these configurations represents the electronic configuration

for titanium?

[1 Mark]

ii. Which of these electronic configuration do not represent the electronic

configuration for titanium? Explain your answer.
no ii and iii does not represent the electronic configuration
because for no. ii the arrow in the box should be fill with upper
arrow first and then the last should be fill with downward arrow.
For iii, in green circle the arrow should be put upper arrow first
till the last box and put downward arrow after put all the upper
arrow.

[3 Marks]
 APPENDIX I

PERAKUAN UNTUK DITANDATANGANI OLEH

PELAJAR BERKENAAN DENGAN PENTAKSIRAN

Adalah saya dengan ini mengaku bahawa skrip jawapan

yang dihantar adalah daripada hasil kerja saya sendiri dan
tidak melibatkan sebarang unsur plagiarisme daripada
pelajar lain. Universiti boleh mengambil tindakan keatas
saya sekiranya saya berbuat demikian.

TANDATANGAN : NAZ
TARIKH : 24/09/2020

NAMA :NAZREEN NASRULLAH BIN MOHAMAD

NO. KAD PENGENALAN : 980402-13-5167

NO. PENDAFTARAN : E20182023012

FAKULTI : SAINS DAN MATEMATIK

PROGRAM :
A2003

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