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title: "A laboratory inventory includes three solid materials: silicon carbide (\\(\\text{SiC}\\)), potassium bromide (\\(\\text{KBr}\\)), and brass (an alloy of \\(\\text{Cu}\\) and \\(\\text{Zn}\\)). Which of the following options correctly identifies the primary type of bonding present in each material?"
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# A laboratory inventory includes three solid materials: silicon carbide (\(\text{SiC}\)), potassium bromide (\(\text{KBr}\)), and brass (an alloy of \(\text{Cu}\) and \(\text{Zn}\)). Which of the following options correctly identifies the primary type of bonding present in each material?

A laboratory inventory includes three solid materials: silicon carbide (\(\text{SiC}\)), potassium bromide (\(\text{KBr}\)), and brass (an alloy of \(\text{Cu}\) and \(\text{Zn}\)). Which of the following options correctly identifies the primary type of bonding present in each material?

- **A.** \(\text{SiC}\): Network covalent; \(\text{KBr}\): Ionic; Brass: Metallic
- **B.** \(\text{SiC}\): Molecular covalent; \(\text{KBr}\): Ionic; Brass: Metallic
- **C.** \(\text{SiC}\): Network covalent; \(\text{KBr}\): Metallic; Brass: Ionic
- **D.** \(\text{SiC}\): Ionic; \(\text{KBr}\): Network covalent; Brass: Metallic

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