3 years ago

If an atom can form more than one cation, the cation with the lowest charge ends with which set of letters?

Chemistry

2 answers:

joja [24]3 years ago

5 0

Answer:

D. -ous is the correct answer.

Verdich [7]3 years ago

3 0

Answer:

Answer is A

Explanation:

Now we know that an atom wants to complete its outer shell while keeping electrons in pairs of two now in A there are four electrons which which can be ejected while in B will want to accept 3 electrons to complete its shell as ejecting five will take lot of energy similar case will be for C,D and E which would want to accept 2,1,0 electrons respectively

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What shape would a molecule of carbon tetrachloride have?

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Tetrahedral

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