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10.3 Exercise 24

Avg difficulty 2.5

Titanium tetrachloride, TiCl4, has a melting point of −23.2 °C and has a ΔH fusion = 9.37 kJ/mol.

(a) How much energy is required to melt 263.1 g TiCl4?

(b) For TiCl4, which will likely have the larger magnitude: ΔH fusion or ΔH vaporization? Explain your reasoning.

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