The small bags of silica gel you often see in a new shoe box are placed there to control humidity. Despite its name, silica gel is a solid. It is a chemically inert, highly porous, amorphous form of SiO2. Water vapor readily adsorbs onto the surface of silica gel, so it acts as a desiccant. Despite not knowing mechanistic details of the adsorption of water onto silica gel, from the information provided, you should be able to make an educated guess about the thermodynamic characteristics of the process. Predict the signs of ΔG, ΔH, and ΔS.
Nails are made up of iron not of phosphorus and barium.
As both phosphorous and barium are relatively weaker than iron ,phosphorus breaks easily and barium is also fairly weak. Iron nails are already also not that strong, but their weight and strength are sufficient.
The answer is endothermic as the heat flows into the system from the surroundings. The products are at higher energy than the reactants, as they have absorbed energy.
a. ELEMENT: A substance<span> that </span>cannot<span> be decomposed (</span>broken down<span>) </span>into simpler substances by ordinary chemical<span> means.</span>
