Chapter 12, Problem 66E

Use Coulomb's law (see Appendix B) to verify the conclusion concerning the relative strengths of the attractive forces in the ion pairs ${\text{Na}}^{\text{+}}{\text{Cl}}^{\text{–}}$ and ${\text{Mg}}^{\text{2+}}{\text{O}}^{\text{2–}}$ presented in Figure 12-36.