<u>U</u> <u>VORBELLO</u> <u>FRANÇAIS</u><u>?</u><u>?</u><u>?</u>
The answer is b
Explanation:
Answer:
(D) chlorine has a greater ionization energy than sodium
Explanation:
Sodium is the element of the group 1 and period 3 which means that the valence electronic configuration is
.
Chlorine is the element of the group 17 and period 3 which means that the valence electronic configuration is
.
Ionization energy is the minimum amount of energy which is required to knock out the loosely bound valence electron from the isolated gaseous atom.
<u>Thus, removal of one electron in sodium is easy as it will gain noble gas configuration and become stable. But this case does not exist in chlorine and hence, chlorine has a greater ionization energy than sodium.</u>
So,
Sodium is much more apt to exist as a cation than chlorine because chlorine has a greater ionization energy than sodium.
Answer:
(4) All atoms of a given element must have the same atomic number
Explanation:
Atomic number : It is defined as the number of electrons or number of protons present in a neutral atom.
However, when we talk about the atomic number of the ion, it is not equal to the number of electrons as electron can be gained or loosed.
This is why, more appropriately, the number of the protons which are present in the nucleus of the atom is called the atomic number.
Mass number is the number of the entities present in the nucleus which is the equal to the sum of the number of protons and electrons.
Mass number = Number of protons + Number of neutrons
<u>Thus, atomic number of an element is an unique property of the element and it's atom.</u>