I think it’s microbiology, since it would help the student understand the process of composting the best. Botany is plants- not for composting. Geophysics- he’s not researching tectonic plates. Oceanography- he isn’t interested in the marina trench
Answer:
Lose two electrons.
Explanation:
Barium is present in group 2.
It is alkaline earth metal.
Its atomic number is 56.
Its electronic configuration is Ba₅₆ = [Xe] 6s².
In order to attain the noble gas electronic configuration it must loses its two valance electrons.
When barium loses it two electron its electronic configuration will equal to the Xenon.
The atomic number of xenon is 54 so barium must loses two electrons to becomes equal to the xenon.
The mass of hydrated salt - 2.123 g
mass of anhydrous salt - 1.861 g
mass that has been reduced is the mass of water that has been heated and lost from the compound thereby making the salt anhydrous.
therefore mass of water lost - 2.123 - 1.861 = 0.262 g
number of moles of water lost - 0.262 g / 18 g/mol = 0.0146 mol
number of moles of salt - 1.861 g / 380.6 g/mol = 0.00490 mol
molar ratio of moles of water to moles of salt
molar ratio = 0.146 mol / 0.00490 mol = 2.98 rounded off to 3
for every 1 mol of salt there are 3 moles of water
therefore empirical formula - Cu₃(PO₄)₂.3H₂O
