Question

One of these rules states that oxygen polyhedra may share corners but not edges or faces. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this series of four rules, named for a University of Chicago professor, used to empirically predict an oxide’s ability to undergo glass formation.
ANSWER: Zachariasen’s (“zah-kah-RAI-ah-senz”) rules
[10e] The first of Zachariasen’s rules states that for a glass to be formed, no oxygen atom may be linked to more than two of these ions possessing a positive charge.
ANSWER: cations (“KAT-eye-onz”)
[10m] This oxide has been shown to violate Zachariasen’s rule and can form into glass despite having its oxygen be linked to three cations. This oxide and iron comprise the most prototypic products formed during a thermite reaction.
ANSWER: aluminum oxide [or alumina or Al2O3; reject “aluminum”]
<Ezra Santos, Chemistry>

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Michigan ACarnegie Mellon0101020
Ohio State AMichigan State010010
Ohio State BOhio State C010010
PittsburghMichigan B010010
Chicago ANorthwestern B0101020
PurdueChicago B010010
Notre Dame BIllinois A0101020
Northwestern AIllinois C0101020
MinnesotaIllinois B0101020
Notre Dame CNotre Dame A010010
SIUEIndiana A0000
WUSTLIndiana B0101020
UF AUF B0101020
UF CUCF0101020
Harvard ABrandeis010010
MITYale B0101020
BUTufts0101020
Harvard BYale A010010
ColumbiaJHU A010010
PrincetonJHU B010010
NYU BNYU A010010
Texas BHouston0101020
Texas ATAMU0101020
3HK1MMOxford School for Quizness0101020
Four Times I Have Despised My SoulSorted0101020
LSESee it0000
Limp ChriskitSay it010010
Gressenheller AThe Crying of Team 490101020
Berkeley ABerkeley C010010
StanfordBerkeley B010010
Duke AUNC C010010
UNC BRIT A0101020
Virginia Tech AUNC A010010