Diagram A shows the Lewis structure (LS) of CH_2O. The formal charge on each atom is zero.
To get the formal charge (FC) on the atoms, cut each bond in half, as in <em>Diagram B</em>. Each atom gets the electrons on its side of the cut.
Formal charge = valence electrons in isolated atom - electrons on bonded atom
FC = VE - BE
<em>On O:
</em>
VE = 6
BE = 2 lone pairs 2 + 2 bonding electrons = 4 + 2 = 6
FC = 6 – 6 = 0.
<em>On H:
</em>
VE = 1
BE = 1 bonding electron
FC = 1 – 1 = 0
<em>On C:
</em>
VE = 4
BE = 1 in each single bond + 2 in the double bond = 2 + 2 = 4
FC = 4 - 4 = 0
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Answer:
What element is this. Would you mind inserting a picture or naming the element in the comments section
A. The radioactive decay equation is N = N0
where T is the
half-life (5730 years), N0 is the number of atoms at time t = 0 and
N is the number at time t.
Rewriting this as:
(N/N0) =
Since N = (1/8) N0 and
substituting known values:
1/8 = 
Taking ln of both
sides:
ln(1/8)= -ln(2)*t/5730
t = - 5730 * ln(1/8) /
ln (2)
t = 17,190 years
The tree was cut down 17,190
years ago.
B. N0 = 1,500,000 carbon-14 atoms
Since N = (1/8) N0
N = 187,500 carbon
atoms left
