(b) When subjected to high pressure and heated, polyvinyl chloride converts to diamond. During this transformation which bonds are most likely to break first?

Although polyethylene can twist and turn in random ways, the most stable form is a linear one with the carbon backbone oriented as shown in the following figure:

The solid wedges in the figure indicate bonds from carbon that come out of the plane of the page; the dashed wedges indicate bonds that lie behind the plane of the page. (a) What is the hybridization of orbitals at each carbon atom? What angles do you expect between the bonds?

One method to synthesize ionic solids is by the heating of two reactants at high temperatures. Consider the reaction of FeO with TiO₂ to form FeTiO₃. Determine the amount of each of the two reactants to prepare 2.500 g FeTiO₃, assuming the reaction goes to completion. (b) Calculate the formula weight of FeTiO₃.

Employing the bond enthalpy values listed in Table 8.3 estimate the molar enthalpy change occurring upon c. formation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

(a) In polyvinyl chloride shown in Table 12.6, which bonds have the lowest average bond enthalpy?

(c) Employing the values of average bond enthalpy in Table 8.3, estimate the overall enthalpy change for converting PVC to diamond.

Silicon has the diamond structure with a unit cell edge length of 5.43 Å and eight atoms per unit cell. (b) Suppose you dope that 1 cm3 sample of silicon with 1 ppm of phosphorus that will increase the conductivity by a factor of a million. How many milligrams of phosphorus are required?