Poem about scientific method

Which of the following is a reasonable ground-state electron configuration?A) 1s21p62d2B) 1s22s42p6C) 1s22s22p5D) 1s22s22d6

Semenov [28]

Answer:

Option C) 1s² 2s² 2p⁵

Explanation:

Ground-state is the configuration of the electrons when every electron of the atom occupies the lowest possible energy level.

The rank of energy of the orbitals may be remembered using Aufbau rules, and it is:

1s² < 2s² < 2p⁶ < 3s² < 3p⁶ < 4s² < 3d¹⁰ < 4p⁶ < 5s² < 4d¹⁰ < 5p⁶ < 6s² < 4f¹⁴ < 5d¹⁰ < 6p⁶ < 7s² < 5f¹⁴ < 6d¹⁰ < 7p⁶

Then, to find whether an electron configuration corresponds to a ground-state one, you must check that the previous order is preserved.

Option A). 1s² 1p⁶ 2d²

The orbital 1p does not exist. So this one is discarded.

Option B) 1s² 2s⁴ 2p⁶

The maximum number of electrons in an s orbital is 2, so 2s⁴ is impossible, and this option is discarded.

Option C) 1s² 2s² 2p⁵

This is correct because the orbitals are filled in the correct increasing energy order, without jumping any one.

Option D) 1s² 2s² 2d⁶

Orbital 2d does not exist, so this option is also discarded.

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Determine the number of bonding electrons and the number of nonbonding electrons in the structure of SI2. Enter the number of bo

mariarad [96]

Answer:

4, 16,

Explanation:

SI2 is sulphur diiodide. Sulphur is in group sixteen (six valence electrons) while iodine is in group 17(seven valence electrons).

Since there are two iodine atoms and one sulphur atom, the molecule has twenty valence electrons. Out of these twenty valence electrons, only four are bonding electrons. The other sixteen electrons include the four nonbonding electrons found on sulphur and the twelve non bonding electrons found on the two iodine atoms having six nonbonding electrons each.

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Which element can expand its valence shell to accommodate more than eight electrons? which element can expand its valence shell

Anvisha [2.4K]

According to octet rule, atoms with an atomic number less than 20 tend to combine with other atom such that both of these atoms have eight electrons in their valence shells, which gives them the same electronic configuration as that of noble gas.

However, there are few compound that donot obey octel rule. Among the elements mentioned above i.e. oxygen and helium obeys octet rule.

In case of nitrogen, oxide of nitrogen (like NO and NO2) have incomplete octet.

While there are few compounds of Br wherein Br has expanded octet. For example, in BrF5, Br has 12 electrons in valence shell.

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What is the smallest unit that makes up matter? A. molecules B. chemicals C. atoms D. alloys

Kamila [148]

Hello there!

An Atom would be considered to be the smallest unit that would make up matter. If were to ever see a picture of an atom, they would consists of a proton, neutron, electron, and a nucleus. And all this would be called a Atom.

Your answer: Atom

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Dalton's law of partial pressures states that the total pressure exerted by a mixture of gases is the sum of the pressures exert

Damm [24]

Answer: The given statement is true.

Explanation:

According to the Dalton's law, total pressure of a mixture of gases that do not react with each other is equal to the partial pressure exerted by each gas.

The relationship is as follows.

$p_{total} = \sum_{i=1}^{n} p_{i}$

or, $p_{total} = p_{1} + p_{2} + p_{3} + p_{4} + ......... + p_{n}$

where, $p_{1}, p_{2}, p_{3}$ ....... = partial pressure of individual gases present in the mixture

Also, relation between partial pressure and mole fraction is as follows.

$p_{i} = p_{total} \times x_{i}$

where, $x_{i}$ = mole fraction

Thus, we can conclude that the statement Dalton's law of partial pressures states that the total pressure exerted by a mixture of gases is the sum of the pressures exerted independently by each gas in the mixture, is true.

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