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2 years ago

What are the characteristics of bases?

Chemistry

2 answers:

IrinaVladis [17]2 years ago

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Bitter taste (opposed to sour taste of acids)

Slimy, or soapy feel on fingers.

Many bases react with acids and precipitate salts.

Strong bases may react violently with acids. ...

Bases turn red litmus paper blue.

<span>Bases are substances that contain metal oxides or hydroxides.
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krek1111 [17]2 years ago

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Base's physical characteristics:
1) Bitter in taste
2) Soapy feeling (in shampoo or body wash)
3) pH>7

Base's chemical characteristics:
1) BASW ( Base reacts with Acid to form Salt and Water)
2) Ability to turn moist red litmus paper blue due to its basic properties. (pH>7)
3) IMPORTANTLY is that it dissociate Into OH- ions or hydroxide ion when dissolved in water! (For alkali)

Alkali is SOLUBLE salt. Most bases are insoluble.

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<u>Answer:</u> The tendency of an element to react is closely related to the number of valence electrons in the element.

<u>Explanation:</u>

Chemical reactivity is defined as the tendency of an element to loose of gain electrons.

Metals tend to loose electrons and so their chemical reactivity is the tendency to loose electrons.

Non-metals tend to gain electrons and so their chemical reactivity is the tendency to gain electrons.

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3 years ago

How many moles of NH3 would be formed from the complete reaction of 16.0 g H2?

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Taking into account the reaction stoichiometry, 5.33 moles of NH₃ are formed from the complete reaction of 16 grams of H₂.

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In first place, the balanced reaction is:

N₂ + 3 H₂ → 2 NH₃

By reaction stoichiometry (that is, the relationship between the amount of reagents and products in a chemical reaction), the following amounts of moles of each compound participate in the reaction:

N₂: 1 mole
H₂: 3 moles
NH₃: 2 moles

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N₂: 14 g/mole
H₂: 2 g/mole
NH₃: 17 g/mole

Then, by reaction stoichiometry, the following mass quantities of each compound participate in the reaction:

N₂: 1 mole ×14 g/mole= 14 grams
H₂: 3 moles ×2 g/mole= 6 grams
NH₃: 2 moles ×17 g/mole=34 grams

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The following rule of three can be applied: if by reaction stoichiometry 6 grams of H₂ form 2 moles of NH₃, 16 grams of H₂ form how many moles of NH₃?

$moles of NH_{3}= \frac{16 grams of H_{2} x2moles of NH_{3}}{6 grams of H_{2}}$

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2 years ago

A certain element forms an ion with 36 electrons and a charge of +2. identify the element. express your answer as a chemical sym

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3 years ago

A mixture of water and graphite is heated to 600 K in a 1 L container. When the system comes to equilibrium it contains 0.17 mol

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Answer:

0.44 moles

Explanation:

Given that :

A mixture of water and graphite is heated to 600 K in a 1 L container. When the system comes to equilibrium it contains 0.17 mol of H2, 0.17 mol of CO, 0.74 mol of H2O, and some graphite.

The equilibrium constant $K_c= \dfrac{[CO][H_2]}{[H_2O]}$

The equilibrium constant $K_c= \dfrac{(0.17 )(0.17)}{0.74}$

The equilibrium constant $K_c= 0.03905$

Some O2 is added to the system and a spark is applied so that the H2 reacts completely with the O2.

The equation for the reaction is :

$H_2 + \dfrac{1}{2}O_2 \to H_2O \\ \\ 0.17 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \to0.17$

Total mole of water now = 0.74+0.17

Total mole of water now = 0.91 moles

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$K_c= \dfrac{[CO][H_2]}{[H_2O]}$

$0.03905 = \dfrac{[0.17+x][x]}{[0.91 -x]}$

0.03905(0.91 -x) = (0.17 +x)(x)

0.0355355 - 0.03905x = 0.17x + x²

0.0355355 +0.13095 x -x²

x² - 0.13095 x - 0.0355355 = 0

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x = 0.265 or x = -0.134

Going by the value with the positive integer; x = 0.265 moles

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= 0.17 + x

= 0.17 + 0.265

= 0.435 moles

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3 years ago

Concerning Boyle's Law, if you had a gas at a pressure of 101 kPa and decreased the volume of the container holding the gas to o

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Answer:

$P_2=404 kPa$

Explanation:

Hello,

In this case, the Boyle's is mathematically defined via:

$P_1V_1=P_2V_2$

Which stands for an inversely proportional relationship between volume and pressure, it means the higher the volume the lower the pressure and vice versa. In such a way, since the volume is decreased to one quarter, we can write:

$V_2=\frac{1}{4} V_1$

We can compute the new pressure:

$P_2=\frac{P_1V_1}{V_2} =\frac{P_1V_1}{\frac{1}{4} V_1} =\frac{101kPa*V_1}{\frac{1}{4} V_1} \\\\P_2=4*101kPa\\\\\\P_2=404 kPa$

Which means the pressure is increased by a factor of four.

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