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Explain why neon is monatomic but chlorine is diatomic.

Chemistry

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Elza [17]3 years ago

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Chlorine is a halogen and all halogens and oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are diatomics

kirza4 [7]3 years ago

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Explanation:

Neon is in group 8/0, which means that it has a full outer shell. Atoms react to get a full outer shell but as neon already has a full outer shell, it doesn't react and stays monatomic.

However, chlorine is in group 7, so it needs 1 more electron to complete its outer shell, two chlorine atom share one electron each with each other so they have full outer shells. This is why chlorine is diatomic.

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Explanation:

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Answer: Option (3) is the correct answer.

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Answer: $O_2$ is the limiting reagent

Explanation:

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$\text{Moles of} O_2=\frac{20.0g}{32g/mol}=0.625moles$

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$2H_2+O_2\rightarrow 2H_2O$

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If the mass of the baking soda before the reaction was 10 grams and the mass of the vinegar was 15 grams and all of the baking s

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Answer:

8.946g NaHCO₃,

14.475g H₂O,

1.025g CH₃COO⁻Na⁺,

0.500g CO₂.

Explanation:

Baking soda (NaHCO₃) reacts with vinegar (CH₃COOH 5%) producing CH₃COO⁻Na⁺, H₂O and CO₂, thus:

NaHCO₃ + CH₃COOH → CH₃COO⁻Na⁺ + H₂O + CO₂

10g of NaHCO₃ are:

10g × (1mol / 84g) = 0.119 moles NaHCO₃

Moles of CH₃COOH in 15g of vinegar are:

15g vinegar × 5% = 0.75g CH₃COOH × (1mol / 60g) = 0.0125moles CH₃ COOH

After reaction, moles of NaHCO₃ that remains are:

0.119mol - 0.0125mol = 0.1065 moles NaHCO₃

In mass:

0.1065mol ₓ (84g / 1mol) = 8.946g NaHCO₃

Acetic acid reacts completely producing 0.0125moles of CH₃COO⁻Na⁺, water and CO₂. In mass:

CH₃COO⁻Na⁺ = 0.0125mol ₓ (82.03g / 1mol) = 1.025g CH₃COO⁻Na⁺

H₂O = 0.0125mol ₓ (18.01g / 1mol) = 0.225g H₂O

CO₂ = 0.0125mol ₓ (40g / 1mol) = 0.500g CO₂

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15g × 95% = 14.25g H₂O. Total mass of water is:

14.25g + 0.225g = 14.475g H₂O

Total mass is:

8.946g + 14.475g H₂O + 1.025g + 0.500g ≈ 25g. The same than initial mass following law of conservation of matter.

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