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The city council of a small town wanted to add fluoride to their water so that all the residents would have healthier teeth. The mayor had read that ionic compounds must be used to get the fluoride into water. He looked up fluorine-containing compounds and came up with the following list. ​
NaF NF3 SiF4 CaF2 NH4F​
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Using academic vocabulary in paragraph form, discuss the following: ​
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Explain which compound(s) could produce fluoride ions in the water. In your response, be sure to include: ​
° which of the listed compounds are ionic and which are covalent. ​
° how ionic and covalent compounds are different. ​
° why only ionic compounds would produce fluoride in water.​

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Answer:NaF is ionic. NF3 is covalent. SiF4 is ionic. CaF2 is Ionic and  NH4F is also ionic. Ionic compounds transfer electrons whereas covalent compounds share electrons hence the word "co". Also, ionic compounds are formed with metal and nonmetal. Where a covalent is with 2 nonmetals. Only ionic compounds would produce fluoride in water because ionic compounds can dissolve in water and covalent compounds cant.

The compounds that can be used for the release of fluorine in water are NaF, [tex]\rm SiF_4[/tex], [tex]\rm CaF_2[/tex], and [tex]\rm NH_4F[/tex].

The ionic compounds are formed by the transfer of electrons between the atoms of the compounds. The ionic bonds are weaker and are easy to dissociate in the aqueous solution.

The covalent compounds are formed by the sharing of electrons between the atoms. Since there is sharing, there has been a strong bond, that has been hard to dissociate.

The Mayor has to release Fluoride in the water, thus ionic compounds are preferred that have the easy release of fluorine.

From the given compounds:

  • NaF = Ionic compound
  • [tex]\rm NF_3[/tex] = Covalent compound
  • [tex]\rm SiF_4[/tex] = Ionic compound
  • [tex]\rm CaF_2[/tex] =  Ionic compound
  • [tex]\rm NH_4F[/tex] =  Ionic compound

Thus the compounds that can be used for the release of fluorine in water are NaF, [tex]\rm SiF_4[/tex], [tex]\rm CaF_2[/tex], and [tex]\rm NH_4F[/tex].

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