Packing
Explanation:
Ionic crystals are brittle due to the tight packing of their crystals. This provides little to no mobility between one another.
- Brittleness implies having little to no elasticity.
- Ionic crystals are held together by strong crystal lattice forces
- These forces prevents crystals from freely rotating and moving space.
- It holds them rigidly and fixed in place.
- Ionic crystals are hard and held electrostatic forces.
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You have to calculate the oxidation estates of the atoms in each compound.
I will start with K2Cr2O7 because I believe that Cr is the best candidate to reduce its oxidation number in 3 units.
In K2Cr2O7:
- K has oxidation state of 1+, then K2 has a charge of 2* (1+) = 2+.
- O has oxidation state of 2*, then O7 has a charge of 7* (2-) = 14-.
That makes that Cr2 has charge of 14 - 2 = +12, so each Cr has +12/2 = +6 oxidation state.
In Cr2O3:
- O has oxidation state of 2-, then O3 has charge 3 * (2-) = - 6
- Then, Cr2 has charge 6+, and each Cr has charge 6+ / 2 = 3+.
So, we have seen that Cr reduced its oxidation state in 3 units, from 6+ to 3+.
Answer: Cr has a change in oxidation number of - 3.
Answer:
It is because water molecules in the air condensed on to the container of the drink.
Explanation:
The way this works is the water molecules outside are hot and in the gas state, so when they come into contact with the cold side of the container they lose energy due to heat transfer between the molecules and the container, becoming a liquid on the side of the drink.
