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If the boron nitride molecule, bn, were to form, what would its structure look like? add bonds and lone pairs as necessary.

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Bess [88]3 years ago

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Answer: The structure for the boron nitride molecule will be linear.

Explanation: When boron and nitrogen combine together to form a compound, the boron element will loose 3 electrons which will be easily accepted by the nitrogen element.

Boron : Atomic number is 5

Electronic configuration: $1s^22s^22p^1$

To attain stable configuration, boron will loose 3 electrons easily.

Nitrogen : Atomic number is 7

Electronic configuration: $is^22s^22p^3$

To attain stable configuration. nitrogen will gain 3 electrons easily.

Hence, to form a molecule with these two elements, there will be 3 bonds present in between them and 1 pair of lone pair will be left on the nitrogen atom.

Structure of boron nitride ( which is linear) is attached in the image below.

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Answer : The mass of calcium phosphate and the mass of sodium chloride that formed could be, 9.3 and 10.5 grams respectively.

Explanation : Given,

Mass of $Na_3PO_4$ = 12.00 g

Mass of $CaCl_2$ = 10.0 g

Molar mass of $Na_3PO_4$ = 164 g/mol

Molar mass of $CaCl_2$ = 111 g/mol

Molar mass of $NaCl$ = 58.5 g/mol

Molar mass of $Ca_3(PO_4)_2$ = 310 g/mol

First we have to calculate the moles of $Na_3PO_4$ and $CaCl_2$ .

$\text{Moles of }Na_3PO_4=\frac{\text{Given mass }Na_3PO_4}{\text{Molar mass }Na_3PO_4}$

$\text{Moles of }Na_3PO_4=\frac{12.00g}{164g/mol}=0.0732mol$

and,

$\text{Moles of }CaCl_2=\frac{\text{Given mass }CaCl_2}{\text{Molar mass }CaCl_2}$

$\text{Moles of }CaCl_2=\frac{10.0g}{111g/mol}=0.0901mol$

Now we have to calculate the limiting and excess reagent.

The balanced chemical reaction is:

$2Na_3PO_4+3CaCl_2\rightarrow 6NaCl+Ca_3(PO_4)_2$

From the balanced reaction we conclude that

As, 3 mole of $CaCl_2$ react with 2 mole of $Na_3PO_4$

So, 0.0901 moles of $CaCl_2$ react with $\frac{2}{3}\times 0.0901=0.0601$ moles of $Na_3PO_4$

From this we conclude that, $Na_3PO_4$ is an excess reagent because the given moles are greater than the required moles and $CaCl_2$ is a limiting reagent and it limits the formation of product.

Now we have to calculate the moles of $NaCl$ and $Ca_3(PO_4)_2$

From the reaction, we conclude that

As, 3 mole of $CaCl_2$ react to give 6 mole of $NaCl$

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