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3 years ago

Why does a piece of cork float in water?

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2 answers:

bazaltina [42]3 years ago

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It has a density lower than 1

Sunny_sXe [5.5K]3 years ago

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Cork floats in water because the cork weighs less than the amount of water that it would have to push up to sink. This basically says that since cork is less dense than water, it floats.

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What is the pH of 0.166 M triethylammonium chloride, (C2H5)3NHCl. The Kb of triethylamine, (C2H5)3N, is 5.2 x 10-4.?

777dan777 [17]

Answer:

5.7

Explanation:

(C₂H₅)₃NHCl dissociates according to the following equation.

(C₂H₅)₃NHCl ⇒ (C₂H₅)₃NH⁺ + Cl⁻

The molar ratio of (C₂H₅)₃NHCl to (C₂H₅)₃NH⁺ is 1:1. Then, the concentration of (C₂H₅)₃NH⁺ is Ca = 0.166 M.

(C₂H₅)₃NH⁺ is the conjugate acid of (C₂H₅)₃N. Given the Kb of (C₂H₅)₃N, we can calculate Ka for (C₂H₅)₃NH⁺ using the following expression.

Ka × Kb = Kw

Ka = Kw / Kb

Ka = 1.0 × 10⁻¹⁴ / 5.2 × 10⁻⁴

Ka = 1.9 × 10⁻¹¹

(C₂H₅)₃NH⁺ dissociates according to the following equation.

(C₂H₅)₃NH⁺ ⇄ (C₂H₅)₃N + H⁺

We can calculate [H⁺] using the following expression.

[H⁺] = √(Ca × Ka) = √(0.166 × 1.9 × 10⁻¹¹) = 1.8 × 10⁻⁶

The pH is:

pH = -log [H⁺] = -log 1.8 × 10⁻⁶ = 5.7

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3 years ago

PLEASE HELP me create a fictional video game using at least 2 of the ecological roles. (roles to choose from: decomposer, detrit

RSB [31]

Answer:

GOT YOU

Explanation:

Jotun (pollinator)

Norse(decomposer)

Its a point and click adventure game. Where you only have specific actions you can do with your mouse. The basic options are Inspect for notes or Pollinate pollinate the right plants to escape. Your goal and how to win is go through each level picking up the plants to pollinate leave the level. The only way to lose is if you are unable to find the right plants by a set amount of time. The story is your wife has been taken prisoner by Norse and you are alerted by this from a note. You go to a location and find a tower once you walk in the doors shut behind you and a screen appears saying "Get out of the room and to the top of the tower in an hour or she dies. Jotun escapes and gets to the top of the tower to find out his wife died long ago and Norse has been using her for food.

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what is the concentration of an NaOH solution that requires 50 mL of a 1.25 M H2SO4 solution to neutralize 78.0 ml of NaOH

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Answer:

The answer is the concentration of an NaOH = 1.6 M

Explanation:

The most common way to solve this kind of problem is to use the formula

C₁ * V₁ = C₂ * V₂

In your problem,

For NaOH

C₁ =?? v₁= 78.0 mL = 0.078 L

For H₂SO₄

C₁ =1.25 M v₁= 50.0 mL = 0.05 L

but you must note that for the reaction of NaOH with H₂SO₄

2 mol of NaOH raect with 1 mol H₂SO₄

So, by applying in above formula

C₁ * V₁ = 2 * C₂ * V₂

(C₁ * 0.078 L) = (2* 1.25 M * 0.05 L)

C₁ = (2* 1.25 M * 0.05 L) / (0.078 L) = 1.6 M

<u>So, the answer is the concentration of an NaOH = 1.6 M</u>

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A sample of chemical X is found to contain 5.0 grams of oxygen, 10.0 grams of carbon, and 20.0 grams of nitrogen. The law of def

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Answer: 75 grams sample of chemical X should contain 21.43 grams of carbon

Explanation: The law of definite proportion states that a given chemical compound always contains its component elements in fixed ratio.

From the question, chemical X contains 5.0 grams of oxygen, 10.0 grams of carbon, and 20.0 grams of nitrogen.

Sum up the masses

5.0g + 10.0g + 20.0g = 35.0g

This means, 10.0 grams of carbon are present in 35.0 grams of chemical X.

Now, to the determine the mass of carbon that 75 gram sample of chemical X should contain,

According to the law of definite proportion, the component elements of a given chemical compound are in fixed ratio. Therefore,

If 35.0g of chemical X contains 10.0g of carbon

Then, 75 g of chemical X will contain

(75 × 10) / 35 g

= 21.43 grams

Hence, 75 grams sample of chemical X should contain 21.43 grams of carbon.

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Copper was the first metal to be produced from its ore because it is the easiest to smelt, that is, to refine by heating in the

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Answer:

57.48%

Explanation:

Calculate the mass of 1 mole of malachite:

MM Cu = 63.55

MM O = 16.00

MM H = 1.01

MM C = 12.01

$(Cu_{2}(OH)_{2}CO_{3})$

A mole of malachite has:

2 moles of Cu

5 moles of O

2 moles of H

1 mole of C

MW Malachite = 2*MM(CU) + 5*MM(O) + 2*MM(H) + 1 *MM(C)

MW Malachite = 2*63.55 + 5*16.00 + 2*1.01 + 1*12.01

MW Malachite = 221.13

Mass of Cu in a mole of Malachite = 2*MM(CU) = 127.1

Now divide the mass of Cu by the mass of Malachite

$%Cu = \frac{127.1}{221.13} =0.5748=57.48%$

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