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Which Are Closer Together: the Two Nuclei Within Potassium Fluoride

Question 50

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Which are closer together: the two nuclei within potassium fluoride, KF, or the two nuclei within molecular fluorine, F₂?

A) KF
B) Which are closer together: the two nuclei within potassium fluoride, KF, or the two nuclei within molecular fluorine, F<sub>2</sub>? A) KF B) C) Both are the same. Any atom bonded to F will have the same inter-nuclear separation. D) It makes little sense to compare two molecules which exist in different physical states. KF is a solid while F<sub>2</sub> is a gas.
C) Both are the same. Any atom bonded to F will have the same inter-nuclear separation.
D) It makes little sense to compare two molecules which exist in different physical states. KF is a solid while F₂ is a gas.