1. its temperature will rise continuously until it melts
I don't believe that any of the other answers are correct because it can not stay at a certain temperature if it is melting
All nickel atoms would have the same number of protons or atomic number.
Zeff is the effective nuclear charge wherein, Z resembles the number of protons in the nucleus while S corresponds to the number of non-valence electrons.
Zeff = Z - S
Silicon has 14 protons; its electron configuration is [Ne] 3s2 3p2. Its
non-valence electrons is in the n = 1 and n =2 shells. There are 2
electrons in n = 1 and 8 in n = 2, so there are a total of 10
non-valence electron.
<span><span>Z<span>eff</span></span>= 14−10= 4</span>
So, the answer is 4.