Answer:
When a candle burns, the hydrogen and carbon from the wax combine with the oxygen in the air to become carbon dioxide and water vapor. Most of the matter in the candle ends up as these two gases.
Answer: <span>Molecular geometry around each carbon atom in a saturated hydrocarbon is
Tetrahedral.
Explanation: </span> In saturated hydrocarbons (-CH₂-) the central atom (
carbon) is bonded to either three or two hydrogen atoms and one or two carbon atoms. So, the central atom is having four electron pairs and all pairs are bonding pairs and lacks any lone pair of electron. According to
Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR)
Theory the central atom with four bonding pair electrons and zero lone pair electrons will attain a
tetrahedral geometry with
bond angles of 109°.
Answer:
By sharing their valence electrons, both hydrogen atoms now have two electrons in their respective valence shells. Because each valence shell is now filled, this arrangement is more stable than when the two atoms are separate.
Explanation: