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Ch.12 - Solids and Solid-State Materials

Chapter 12, Problem 8

The following diagrams represent the electron population of molecular orbitals for different substances. What diagram corresponds to magnesium oxide, germanium, and tin? (LO 12.8)

(a) Diagram 1 = tin, diagram 2 = magnesium oxide, diagram 3 = germanium (b) Diagram 1 = germanium, diagram 2 = magnesium oxide, diagram 3 = tin (c) Diagram 1 = germanium, diagram 2 = tin, diagram 3 = magnesium oxide (d) Diagram 1 = magnesium oxide, diagram 2 = tin, diagram 3 = germanium

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