What would cause the shape of a molecule to be tetrahedral?
2 answers:
Answer:
A molecule is tetrahedral if the central atom has four bonds and no lone pairs.
Explanation:
A typical example is a molecule of methane (see image).
The electron pairs in the bonds repel the electrons in the other bonds, so they all try to get as far from each other as possible.
They can do this if the bonds point to the corners of a tetrahedron, with bond angles of 109.5°.
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Answer:
4.993 ×10⁻¹¹ J
Explanation:
The <em>nuclear binding energy</em> is the energy equivalent to the mass defect.
The <em>mass defect</em> is the difference between the mass of a nucleus and the sum of the masses of its nucleons.
<em>Calculate the mass defect </em>
16 p = 16 × 1.007 28 u = 16.116 48 u
16 n = 16 × 1.008 67 u = 16.138 72 u
Total mass of nucleons = 32.255 20 u
- Mass of S-32 = <u>31.972 070 u </u>
Mass defect = 0.283 13 u
Convert the <em>unified atomic mass units to kilograms</em>.
Mass defect
Use Einstein’s equation to <em>convert the mass defect into energy</em>
Answer :
The Nernst equation :
where,
= standard cell potential
n = number of electrons in oxidation-reduction reaction
F = Faraday constant = 96500 C
R= gas constant = 8.314 J/Kmol
T = temperature
[Anode] = anodic ion concentration
[Cathode] = cathodic ion concentration