The compound gallium phosphide () is a compound semiconductor having mixed ionic and covalent bonding. The electronegativities for and are 1.6 and 2.1 respectively. Calculate the fraction of the bonding that is ionic.

Explanation:

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In this case, the first step is to compute the difference in the electronegativity for the formed bond between gallium and phosphorous by:

Thus, we can compute the percentage of ionic character by:

So the fraction is just:

Which has sense since gallium phosphide is a non-polar compound.

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- calcium has greater affinity to bond with electron receptors than hydrogen does and hence, it has the ability to replace hydrogen in most of its compounds.

- lithium has 2 valence electrons in the product because it can make only 1 bond with hydrogen. beryllium has 4 valence electrons in the product because it can only make 2 bonds. it has fewer electrons than neon and can react with electron donors. each hydrogen has 2 valence electrons, the same as helium.

- the covalent bond formed between carbon and hydrogen is polar because carbon is more electronegative than hydrogen and it attracts the bonded electron pair closer to itself, thus giving hydrogen a partial positive charge.

- a hydrogen bond is a relatively weak bond that hydrogen atoms make with the electronegative atoms nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine.

so the best choice is a.) 2 calcium (ca) atoms

the answer is b & c i believe : )