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4 years ago

Describe the molecular structure of water, and explain why it is a polar molecule.

Chemistry

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weeeeeb [17]4 years ago

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Water is a polar molecule because of its shape

Neporo4naja [7]4 years ago

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Answer:

Each hydrogen atom is bonded to the oxygen atom with a single bond.

The oxygen atom has two lone pairs.

The molecule is bent.

Oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen.

Each O-H bond is polar.

The molecule is asymmetrical.

The asymmetry and the polar bonds produce an overall molecular dipole.

The oxygen atom has a partial negative charge, and the hydrogen atoms have a partial positive charge.

Explanation:

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Solute is the substance which is present in smaller proportion in a mixture and solvent is the substance which is present in larger proportion in a mixture.

We are given:

(m/m) % of Cu = 79 %

This means that 79 g of copper is present in 100 grams of alloy.

(m/m) % of Zn = 21 %

This means that 21 g of zinc is present in 100 grams of alloy.

As, zinc is present in smaller proportion. So, it is solute and copper is the solvent.

Calculating molality of zinc:

To calculate molality of the zinc, we use the equation:

$Molality=\frac{m_{solute}\times 1000}{M_{solute}\times W_{solvent}\text{ in grams}}$

where,

$m_{solute}$ = Given mass of solute (Zinc ) = 21 g

$M_{solute}$ = Molar mass of solute (Zinc) = 65.3 g/mol

$W_{solvent}$ = Mass of solvent (copper) = 79 g

Putting values in above equation, we get:

$\text{Molality of Zinc}=\frac{21\times 1000}{65.3\times 79}\\\\\text{Molality of zinc}=4.07m$

Calculating molarity of zinc:

To calculate volume of a substance, we use the equation:

$\text{Density of substance}=\frac{\text{Mass of substance}}{\text{Volume of substance}}$

Density of solution = $8740kg/m^3=\frac{8740kg\frac{1000g}{1kg}}{1m^3\times \frac{10^6cm^3}{1m^3}}=\frac{8740g}{1000cm^3}=8.740g/cm^3$

(Conversion factors used are: 1 kg = 1000 g & $1m^3=10^6cm^3$ )

Mass of solution = 100 g

Putting values in above equation, we get:

$8.740g/cm^3=\frac{100.0g}{\text{Volume of zinc}}\\\\\text{Volume of zinc}=11.44cm^3$

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$\text{Molarity of the solution}=\frac{\text{Mass of solute}\times 1000}{\text{Molar mass of solute}\times \text{Volume of solution (in mL)}}$

We are given:

Molar mass of zinc = 65.3 g/mol

Volume of solution = $11.44cm^3=11.44mL$ (Conversion factor: $1cm^3=1mL$ )

Mass of zinc = 21.0 g

Putting values in above equation, we get:

$\text{Molarity of zinc}=\frac{21\times 1000}{65.3\times 11.44}=28.11M$

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