Answer:
AuCl
Explanation:
Given parameters:
Mass of Gold = 2.6444g
Mass of Chlorine = 0.476g
Unknown:
Empirical formula = ?
Solution:
Empirical formula is the simplest formula of a compound. Here is the way of determining this formula.
Elements Au Cl
Mass 2.6444 0.476
Molar mass 197 35.5
Number of moles 2.6444/197 0.476/35.5
0.013 0.013
Divide by the
smallest 0.013/0.013 0.013/0.013
1 1
The empirical formula of the compound is AuCl
Metallic luster refers to the way light casts off of a mineral. Polished metals such as gold have a metallic luster, which makes them look bright and shiny, and reflect more light than other minerals. There are also minerals that have metallic luster, but are not shiny or reflect much light, which is called dull metallic luster.
Metallic luster - bright, shiny
Dull metallic luster - not shiny
Answer : The incorrect option is, The most of the mass of the atom comes from the electron cloud.
Explanation :
There are three basic particles of an atom which are neutrons, protons and electrons.
The nucleus which is present in the center of an atom that contains the neutrons and the protons. The protons are positively charged and neutrons has no charge.
The outer region of an atom contains the electrons and the electrons are negatively charged.
As per given options, the statement which is the most of the mass of the atom comes from the electron cloud is incorrect statement because the most of the mass comes from the nucleus in which protons and neutrons are present.
As far as I can tell the best answer for this would be (A) Neon. However, I would argue that this is at the very least a misleading question. Atoms are less identified by their electrons than their protons (which is represented always by its atomic number). Although atoms can gain or lose electrons, the protons would never change (and remain the same element). Personally, I would have written the question as, "When Magnesium loses its valence electrons, its new number of electrons would most closely resemble _____"
