Answer: 9.18 Litres
Standard Temperature and Pressure (STP). Think of this as the perfect environment where the Temp. is 0°C or 273 Kelvin and Pressure is always 1 atm. This is only true in STP.
This question uses the Ideal Gas Equation:
PV=nRT
P= 1 atm
V = ??
T = 273 K (always convert to Kelvin unless told otherwise)
n = 0.410 mol
R = 0.0821 L.atm/mol.K
What R constant to use depends on the units of the other values. (look at the attachments) The units cancel out and only Litres is left. You simply multiply the values.
The electron configuration
1
s
2
2
s
2
2
p
6
3
s
2
3
p
2
is the element Silicon.
The key to deciphering this is to look at the last bit of information of the electron configuration
3
p
2
.
The '3' informs us that the element is in the 3rd Energy Level or row of the periodic table. The 'p' tells us that the element is found in the p-block which are all of the Groups to the right of the transition metals, columns 13-18. The superscript '2' tells us that the element is found in the 2nd column of the p-block Group 14.
Valence.
The electrons in the outer shell of an atom are called valence electrons.
Valence electrons determine whether the an element is ready form compounds. These electrons can be gained, lost, or shared in the formation of compounds.
Noble gases react very unwillingly, because the outermost shell of electrons orbiting the nucleus is full, giving these gases no incentive to swap electrons with other elements. As a result, there are very few compounds made with noble gases. Like its noble gas comrades, neon is odorless and colorless.
