The correct answer is answer choice B, 2. Calcium is in Column 2, meaning that it has 2 electrons in its outermost energy level. These two electrons must be lost for it to form an ionic bond with another element and become stable.
Questions like these can be easily answered if you have a periodic table on hand. Elements in Column 1 need to lose 1 electron to form ionic bonds, elements in Column 2 need to lose 2, and so on. Keep in mind, however, that elements in the center of the table are more likely to form metallic or covalent bonds, and elements in Columns 16 and 17 need to gain 2 and 1 electrons, respectively.
It has two elements.
Magnesium shows +2and Cl shows -1.
Because 25% is half of 0.5 and the half life of
is given as 5,715, the time it takes to reach this amount should just be double the half life: 11430 years.
However, in other cases the problem may not have easy numbers, so below is a more mathematical approach.
The half life formula is
.
Solving for t gives:

Given information:

Plug in given values and solve for t.

With correct significant figures, this would be 11000 years.
Chemical reactions can be broadly classified into two categories from the context of heat requirement. These include; endothermic and exothermic reactions.
Endothermic reactions proceed with the absorption of heat while exothermic reactions are accompanied by the evolution of heat.
1) Oxidation of iron involves reaction of elemental iron with oxygen to form iron oxide (rust). This is essentially a corrosion reaction in which the metallic bonds in Fe are broken and new bonds between Fe and O are formed, This is an exothermic reaction
4Fe + 3O2 → 2Fe2O3
Ans D)
2) The process of condensation i.e. phase change liquid to solid (or gas to liquid) involves release of heat to the surroundings, hence it will be an exothermic reaction.
Ans B)
3) Specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by a 1 C. Typically, liquids and gases are used as coolants. For a coolant to be efficient, it must have a high specific heat.
Ans B)