I'm assuming that you are asking a general question because you did not include an example.
The limiting reagent is the item in the reactants (reagents) that will run out first. This is because it limits what the reaction can produce, essentially causing the leftover elements/compounds to just sit there.
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I guess 4 weeks is a little late.
Explanation:
Answer : The structure of will be square-planar.
Explanation :
In the given molecule , 'Xe' is the central atom and 'H' is the terminal atom.
Xenon has 8 valence electrons and hydrogen has 1 valence electron. Therefore, the total number of valence electrons are 8 + 4(1) = 12 electrons.
The number of electrons used in Xe-H bonding = 8 electrons
The remaining electrons which are used as lone pair on central atom (Xe) = 12 - 8 = 4 electrons
There are 4 bonding pairs and 2 lone pairs of electrons, they will be arranged in the octahedral arrangement around the central atom with 2 lone pairs of electrons on central atom. The lone pairs are arranged linearly across the central atom. The resulting structure will be square-planar.
The structure of is shown below.
Answer:
See explanation
Explanation:
The essence of chemical bonding is in order to attain minimum energy. The minimum energy state is the most stable state of a chemical system.
As the distance of separation between atoms decreases, the potential energy of the system decreases accordingly.
An optimum distance is reached when the two atoms attain the lowest potential energy. This is designated as the bond distance of the two atoms.
Hence two atoms have lower potential energy when bonded than when separated at large distance.