Pearson Edexcel IAL Chemistry AS 3.9 Polarising power & polarisability
Pearson Edexcel IAL Chemistry AS 3.9 Polarising power & polarisability
Practise comparing polarising power and polarisability from ion size and charge, then linking them to covalent character.
How this is tested
- identify the most polarising cation from small radius and high positive charge
- explain anion polarisability by linking large radius or higher charge to electron-cloud distortion
- predict greater covalent character from a strongly polarising cation and polarisable anion