The arrangement of electron pairs around CH4 and NH3, According to the VSEPR model is the same, because in each case there are the same number of electron pairs around the central atom. So the NH3 and CH4 arrangement of electron pairs is the same because in each case there are the same number of electron pairs around the central atom.
Answer:
The partial pressure of the other gases is 0.009 atm
Explanation:
Step 1: Data given
Air is about 78.0% nitrogen molecules and 21.0% oxygen molecules and 1% of other gases.
The atmospheric pressure = 0.90 atm
Step 2: Calculate mol fraction
If wehave 100 moles of air, 78 moles will be nitrogen,
21 moles will be oxygen, and 1 mol will be other gases.
Mol fraction = 1/100 = 0.01
Step 3: Calculate the partial pressure of the other gases
Pgas = Xgas * Ptotal
⇒ Pgas = the partial pressure = ?
⇒ Xgas = the mol fraction of the gas = 0.01
⇒Ptotal = the total pressure of the pressure = 0.90 atm
Pgas = 0.01 * 0.90 atm
Pgas = 0.009 atm
The partial pressure of the other gases is 0.009 atm
To know this you pretty much do have to kind of memorize a few electronegativities. I don't recall ever getting a table of electronegativities on an exam.
From the structure, you have:
I remember the following electronegativities most because they are fairly patterned:
EN
H
=
2.1
EN
C
=
2.5
EN
N
=
3.0
EN
O
=
3.5
EN
F
=
4.0
EN
Cl
=
3.5
Notice how carbon through fluorine go in increments of
~
0.5
. I believe Pauling made it that way when he determined electronegativities in the '30s.
Δ
EN
C
−
Cl
=
1.0
Δ
EN
C
−
H
=
0.4
Δ
EN
C
−
C
=
0.0
Δ
EN
C
−
O
=
1.0
Δ
EN
O
−
H
=
1.4
So naturally, with the greatest electronegativity difference of
4.0
−
2.5
=
1.5
, the
C
−
F
bond is most polar, i.e. that bond's electron distribution is the most drawn towards the more electronegative compound as compared to the rest.
When the electron distribution is polarized and drawn towards a more electronegative atom, the less electronegative atom has to move inwards because its nucleus was previously favorably attracted to the electrons from the other atom.
That means generally, the greater the electronegativity difference between two atoms is, the shorter you can expect the bond to be, insofar as the electronegative atom is the same size as another comparable electronegative atom.
However, examining actual data, we would see that on average, in conditions without other bond polarizations occuring:
r
C
−
Cl
≈
177 pm
r
C
−
C
≈
154 pm
r
C
−
O
≈
143 pm
r
C
−
F
≈
135 pm
r
C
−
H
≈
109 pm
r
O
−
H
≈
96 pm
So it is not necessarily the least electronegativity difference that gives the longest bond.
Therefore, you cannot simply consider electronegativity. Examining the radii of the atoms, you should notice that chlorine is the biggest atom in the compound.
r
Cl
≈
79 pm
r
C
≈
70 pm
r
H
≈
53 pm
r
O
≈
60 pm
So assuming the answer is truly
C
−
C
, what would have to hold true is that:
The
C
−
F
bond polarization makes the carbon more electropositive (which is true).
The now more electropositive carbon wishes to attract bonding pairs from chlorine closer, thereby shortening the
C
−
Cl
bond, and potentially the
C
−
H
bond (which is probably true).
The shortening of the
C
−
Cl
bond is somehow enough to be shorter than the
C
−
C
bond (this is debatable).
<u>Answer:</u> The mass of chlorine needed by the plant per day is 
<u>Explanation:</u>
We are given:
Volume o water treated per day = 25,000,000 gallons
Converting this volume from gallons to liters, we use the conversion factor:
1 gallon = 3.785 L
So, 
Amount of chlorine applied for disinfection = 10 mg/L
Applying unitary method:
For 1 L of water, the amount of chlorine applied is 10 mg
So, for 
of water, the amount of chlorine applied will be 
Hence, the mass of chlorine needed by the plant per day is
