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P 1. Elements X and Y react to form an ionic compound a formula XY. What could be the proton (atomic) numbers of X and Y?

larisa86 [58]

Answer:

the answer is C

Explanation:

This is because group6 elements are diatomic and when they are chemically combined their subscript 2 cancels out

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2 years ago

Summarize the process of alcoholic fermentation in yeast

AysviL [449]

Alcoholic fermentation is mainly used by various yeast species to make energy.

If there is no oxygen available, the yeasts have in the alcoholic fermentation another possibility of energy supply. But they can - as compared with cellular respiration - recover substantially less energy from glucose, in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP): by complete oxidation, a molecule of glucose provides 36 molecules of ATP, but by alcoholic fermentation only 2 molecules of ATP. These two molecules are obtained in glycolysis, the first step in the chain of reactions for both cellular respiration and fermentation.

The two additional steps of the fermentation, and thus the production of ethanol serve not to make energy, but the regeneration of the NAD + cofactor used by the enzymes of glycolysis. As NAD + is available in limited quantities, it is converted by the NADH reduced state fermentation enzymes to the NAD + oxidized state by reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol.

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3 years ago

Which of the following reactions does the coenzyme biotin catalyze?

Papessa [141]

Answer:

c. decarboxylation of an a-keto acid.

Explanation:

Decarboxylation refers to the removal of the carboxyl group from a carboxylic acid and thus releasing carbon dioxide. Decarboxylases are enzymes that speed up the removal of the carboxyl group from acids. These reactants could be amino acids, alpha-keto acids, and beta-keto acids. Biotin is known to catalyze the decarboxylation of malonyl CoA to acetyl CoA during fatty acid synthesis.

Malonyl CoA is converted to acetyl CoA after decarboxylation assisted by biotin also known as Vitamin H. Alpha keto acids are involved in fatty acids synthesis and Malonyl CoA is an alpha-keto acid because the keto group is located in the first carbon near the carboxylic acid group. Keto acids have both a carboxyl group and a ketone group.

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3 years ago

Define Saturated Solution. What happens as a saturates solution cools?

solong [7]

Saturated solution is a solution in which no more solute can be dissolved in the solvent. When saturated solution cools, the solution began precipitate from the solution, because under lower temperature, usually, less amount solute can be dissolved in the solvent.

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3 years ago

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Ethanol, C2H6O, is most often blended with gasoline - usually as a 10 percent mix - to create a fuel called gasohol. Ethanol is

weeeeeb [17]

Answer:

This means 463 grams of ethanol would provide less amount of energy

Explanation:

Step 1: Data given

Heat of combustion of ethanol = 326.7 kcal/mol

The heat of combustion of octane = 1.308*10³ kcal/mol

Mass of octane = 463 grams

Molar mass octane = 114.23 g/mol

Molar mass ethanol = 46.07 g/mol

Step 2: Calculate moles octane

Moles octane = mass octane / molar mass octane

Moles octane = 463 grams / 114.23 g/mol

Moles octane = 4.05 moles

Step 3: Calculate energy of combustion of 4.05 moles octane

Combustion of 1 mol octane gives us: 1.308 * 10³ kcal/mol

Combustion of 4.05 moles octane gives us 4.05 * 1.308 * 10³ kcal/mol = 5.30 * 10³ kcal

This means the combustion reaction of 463 grams of octane gives us 5.30 * 10³ kcal

Step 4:

Heat of combustion of ethanol = 326.7 kcal/mol

OR in words: combustion of 1 mol ethanol gives us 326.7 kcal energy

Moles ethanol = 463 grams / 46.07 g/mol

Moles ethanol = 10.05 moles

Since combustion of 1 mol ethanol gives us 326.7 kcal

10.05 moles ethanol will give us = 10.05 * 326.7 = 3283.3 kcal = 3.28 * 10³ kcal

5.30 * 10³ kcal > 3.28 * 10³ kcal

This means 463 grams of ethanol would provide less amount of energy

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3 years ago