All categories

3 years ago

What do the parentheses mean in a chemical reaction and how they are used

Chemistry

1 answer:

galben [10]3 years ago

5 0

Parantheses mean present of a subgroup or a group of polyatomic ions in a chemical reaction.

Explanation:

In a chemical reaction, sometimes, a compound may be composed of group of polyatomic ions with other ions. Some of the polyatomic ions are sulfate, carbonate, nitrate, hydroxide, bicarbonate, ammonia etc.

So these polyatomic ions are formed by combining two or more elements. Thus, if the number of polyatomic ions in a compound is more than one, then we use parathesis and write those polyatomic ions in it and write the number of polyatomic ions present in the compound as subscript of the parathesis.

For example, Fe₂(SO₄)₃

So here SO₄ is a polyatomic ion and in the compound 3 atoms of SO₄ is required to neutralize the compound and thus paranthesis is used. Thus, parantheses mean present of a subgroup or a group of polyatomic ions in a chemical reaction.

You might be interested in

Zinc metal is added to a flask containing aqueous hydrochloric acid. The flask contains 0.400 mole of HCl. How much hydrogen gas

dusya [7]

Answer:

0.4 g of hydrogen gas would be produced.

1. 0.48 mole of HCl is needed to react completely with 15.5 g of zinc.

2. HCl is the limiting reactant.

3. 2.61 g of zinc is in excess

Explanation:

From the balanced equation of reaction:

$Zn(s)+ 2HCl(aq) --> H_2(g) + ZnCl_2(aq)$

1 mole of Zn requires 2 moles of HCl to produce 1 mole of hydrogen gas.

15.5 g of zinc = 15.5/65.3 = 0.24 moles of zinc.

0.24 moles Zn is supposed to require 0.24 x 2 moles HCl which is equivalent to 0.48 moles HCl.

But only 0.400 mole of HCl is present. Hence, HCl is the limiting reagent. For complete reaction with 15.5 g of Zinc, 0.48 mole HCl would be needed.

0.400 mole of HCl will require 0.2 mole of Zn for complete reaction. This thus means that 0.24 - 02 = 0.04 mole of Zn is in excess.

0.04 mole Zn = 0.04 x 65.3 = 2.61 g excess Zn.

Now, since HCl is the limiting reagent;

2 moles of HCl is required to produce 1 mole of H2 according to the equation.

0.400 mole HCl will therefore yield 0.400 x 1/2 = 0.2 mole H2

0.2 mole H2 = 2 x 0.2 = 0.4 g H2

Hence, 0.4 g of hydrogen gas would be produced.

6 0

3 years ago

How many oxygen atoms are in one molecule of baking soda

8_murik_8 [283]

NaHCO3 = No. of atoms are 1 sodium + 1 Hydrogen + 1 carbon + 3 oxygens = 6 atoms per molecule.

so a total of 3 oxygens

4 0

3 years ago

PLS HELPPP why is CH3OH more polar than CH3CH2OH

dusya [7]

Answer:

Explanation:

Polarity is about differencens in electronegativity. CH bonds have around the same electronegativity value so a CH bond is nonpolar. The more CH bonds there are in a molecule, the more nonpolar it is. Since CH3CH2OH has more carbon-hydrogen bonds than CH3OH, it is more nonpolar. With the same reasoning, since CH3OH has less CH bonds, it's more polar.

8 0

2 years ago

Billy the friendly Robot uses 50 N of force to lift a box 2 meters in the air. How much work did Billy perform?

nexus9112 [7]

Answer:

Work done, W = 100 J

Explanation:

We have, Billy the friendly Robot uses 50 N of force to lift a box 2 meters in the air.

It is required to find the work done by Billy.

Work done by an object is given in terms of force and displacement. The formula used to find the work done is given by :

$W=Fd\\\\W=50\ N\times 2\ m\\\\W=100\ J$

So, the work performed by Billy is 100 J.

4 0

3 years ago

The leaves of the rhubarb plant contain high concentrations of diprotic oxalic acid (hooccooh) and must be removed before the st

Andrei [34K]

First we have to find Ka1 and Ka2
pKa1 = - log Ka1 so Ka1 = 0.059
pKa2 = - log Ka2 so Ka2 = 6.46 x 10⁻⁵
Looking at the values of equilibrium constants we can see that the first one is really big compared to second one. so, the pH will be affected mainly by the first ionization of the acid.
Oxalic acid is H₂C₂O₄
H₂C₂O₄ ⇄ H⁺ + HC₂O₄⁻
0.0356 M 0 0
0.0356 - x x x
Ka1 = $\frac{[H^+][HC2O4^-]}{[H2C2O4]}$ = x² / 0.0356 - x
x = 0.025 M
pH = - log [H⁺] = - log (0.025) = 1.6

5 0

3 years ago