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3 years ago

Explain why neon is monatomic but chlorine is diatomic.

Chemistry

2 answers:

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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An unknown amount of acid can often be determined by adding an excess of base and then back-titrating the excess. A 0.3471−g sam

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Explanation:

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Mass of mixture = 0.3471 g

As the mixture contains oxalic acid and benzoic acid. So, oxalic acid will have two protons and benzoic acid has one proton.

This means oxalic acid will react with 2 moles of NaOH and benzoic acid will react with 1 mole of NaOH.

Hence, moles of NaOH in 97 ml = $\frac{0.1090 \times 97}{1000}$

= $10.573 \times 10^{-3} mol$

Moles of HCl in 21.00 ml = $\frac{0.2060 \times 21}{1000}$

= $4.326 \times 10^{-3}$ mol

Therefore, total moles of NaOH that reacted are as follows.

$10.573 \times 10^{-3} mol$ - $4.326 \times 10^{-3} mol$

= $6.247 \times 10^{-3}$ mol

So, total 3 mole of NaOH will react with 1 mole of mixture. Therefore, number of moles of NaOH reacted with benzoic acid is as follows.

$\frac{6.247 \times 10^{-3}}{3}$

= $2.082 \times 10^{-3}$ mol

Since, molar mass of NaOH is 40 g/mol. Therefore, calculate the mass of NaOH as follows.

$2.082 \times 10^{-3} mol \times 40 g/mol$

= $83.293 \times 10^{-3}$ g

= 0.0832 g

Whereas molar mass of benzoic acid is 122 g/mol.

Therefore, 40 g NaOH = 122 g benzoic acid

So, 0.0832 g NaOH = $\frac{122 g}{40 g} \times 0.0832 g$

= 0.253 g

Hence, calculate the % mass of benzoic acid as follows.

$\frac{0.253 g}{0.3471 g} \times 100$

= 73.10%

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An enclosed vessel contains 2.5g of 9b nitrogen and 13.3g of chlorine at s.T.P. Of What will be the partial pressure of the Il n

kow [346]

Answer:

0.535 atm

Explanation:

Since the volume of the tank is constant, we use Gay- Lussac's law to find the pressure at 180°C.

So, P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂ where P₁ = pressure at S.T.P = 1 atm, T₁ = temperature at S.T.P = 273.15 K, P₂ = pressure of gas at 180 °C and T₂ = 180 °C = 273.15 + 180 K = 453.15 K

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P₂ = P₁T₂/T₁

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number of moles of chlorine, n' = mass of chlorine, m'/molar mass of chlorine molecule M'

n' = m'/M'

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So, n' = 13.3 g/71 g/mol

n' = 0.187 mol

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P = n/n" × P₂

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P = 0.322 × 1.66 atm

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