The reaction that would take place if hot tungsten was
surrounded by air is that it would react to the oxygen in air to form non
conducting tungsten oxide and burns out instantly.
Silver nitrate is an ionic bond because it is made up of metal, sliver, and a non-metal, nitrogen and oxygen. It is also a polyatomic ion (you only find polyatomic ions in ionic bonds).
Answer:
Valence electrons are the electrons in the highest occupied principal energy level of an atom.
There were two methods that Lord Rayleigh used in his experiment. First, nitrogen was obtained from the atmosphere by passing air over hot copper. Second, air was bubbled through an ammonia mixture, then passed over hot copper. The second method would have a greater mass of nitrogen than the first, <em>because the nitrogen from the atmosphere was contaminated by the nitrogen from the ammonia mixture.</em>