How do you calculate the mass of an element in a compound using percent composition?
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Answer
7665 years
Procedure
Let N₀ be the amount of carbon-14 present in a living organism. According to the radioactive decay law, the number of carbon-14 atoms, N, left in a dead tissue sample after a certain time, t, is given by the exponential equation:
N = N₀e^(-λt)
where λ is the decay constant which is related to half-life (T1/2) by the equation:
Here, ln(2) is the natural logarithm of 2.
The percent of carbon-14 remaining after time t is given by N/N₀.
Using the first equation, we can determine λt.
The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,720 years, thus, we can calculate λ using the second equation, and then find t.
Solving the second equation for t, and using the λ we have just calculated we will have
t= 7665 years
Answer:
a) The lewis dot structure is shown in the image attached to this answer
b) The formal charge on each of the atoms is zero
c) bromine has an oxidation state of +5 while fluorine has an oxidation state of -1
d) 90 degrees
e) Square Pyramidal
f) polar bonds
g) polar molecule
Explanation:
The molecule BrF5 has a formal charge of zero. It exhibits an sp3d2 hybridization state with a square pyramidal geometry. The bond angle in the molecule is 90 degrees. It is a molecule of the type AX5E. The oxidation state of bromine is +5 while that of fluorine is -1.
The Br-F bonds are polar. The overall molecule is polar due to asymmetric charge distribution concentrating on the central atom since the molecule is square pyramidal.
