The document contains 6 multiple choice questions about chemistry topics related to halogens, acids, and chlorates. Each question is followed by 4 answer options and the percentage of people who selected each answer, with the correct answer having a 100% selection rate. The questions cover factors that dictate volatility and bond dissociation energy of dihalogens, strongest Brønsted acid composition, highest pKa of hydrogen halides, an example of disproportionation, and least coordinating chlorate anion.

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3. What factors dictate the volatility
of the elemental halogens?
A. Molecular weight
B. Molecular dipole
C. X—X bond strength
D. Reduction potential
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4. What factors dictate the bond
dissocation energy of the dihalogens?
A. Atomic orbital overlap
B. Molecular dipole
C. van der Waals interactions
D. Reduction potential
Atom
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X
bond
strengthM
oleculardipole
van
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aalsinteractions
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5. What composition gives rise to the
strongest Brønsted acid?
A. HF + SbF5
B. HF + 2SbF5
C. HF + SbF3
D. HF + 2SbF3
HF+
SbF5
HF+
2SbF5
HF+
SbF3
HF+
2SbF3
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6. Which aqueous hydrogen halide
has the highest pKa?
A. HF
B. HCl
C. HBr
D. HI
HF
HCl
HBr
HI
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7. 4KCl03 -> KCl + 3KClO4
is a classic example of
A. comproportionation
B. condensation
C. differentiation
D. disproportionation
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proportionation
condensation
differentiationdisproportionation
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8. Which chlorate is the least
coordinating anion?
A. [ClO]−
B. [ClO2]−
C. [ClO3]−
D. [ClO4]−