Which is a way you would expect two animals of the same species to differ?

18. Suggest an explanation for the observations that ethanol, C2H5OH, is completely miscible with water and that ethanethiol, C2

nydimaria [60]

Answer:

Ethanol is completely miscible due to presence of Hydrogen bonding.

Ethanethiol is partially miscible due to absence of Hydrogen Bonding.

Explanation:

The miscibility of liquids depend upon the intermolecular interactions between the two liquids. The stronger the intermolecular interactions the more miscible will be the liquids.

Among the two given examples, Ethanol is more miscible in water because it exhibits hydrogen bonding which is considered the strongest intermolecular interaction. Hydrogen bonding occurs when the hydrogen atom is bonded to more electronegative atoms like Fluorine, Oxygen and Nitrogen. In this way the hydrogen atom gets partial positive charge and the electronegative atom gets partial negative charge. Hence, these partial charges results in attracting the opposite charges on other surrounding atoms.

While, in case of Ethanethiol the hydrogen atom is not bonded to any high electronegative atom hence, there will be no hydrogen bonding and therefore, there will be less interactions between the neighbour atoms.

6 0

3 years ago

13. Would you expect oxygen to form a cation or anion? How many electrons would it gain or lose? Why?

netineya [11]

Answer: C)Anion, it would gain 2 electrons to satisfy the octet rule.

Explanation:

Electronic configuration represents the total number of electrons that a neutral element contains. We add all the superscripts to know the number of electrons in an atom.

The electrons are filled according to Afbau's rule in order of increasing energies and thus the electronic configuration of oxygen with 8 electrons is

$O:8:1s^22s^22p^4$

The cation is formed by loss of electrons and anions are formed by gain of electrons.

In order to complete its octet and get stable, it gains 2 electrons and thus would form an anion.

$O^{2-}:10:1s^22s^22p^6$

7 0

3 years ago

What does the atomic weight of an element represent

Marrrta [24]

The nuclei of atoms also contain neutrons, which help hold the nucleus together. ... The total weight of an atom is called the atomic weight. It is approximately equal to the number of protons and neutrons, with a little extra added by the electrons.

The mass of a given atom, measured on a scale in which the hydrogen atom has the weight of one. Because most of the mass in an atom is in the nucleus, and each proton and neutron has an atomic weight near one, the atomic weight is very nearly equal to the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.

7 0

3 years ago

How many carbon atoms does the common group of amino acids have? a. 0 c. 2 b. 1 d. 3

zzz [600]

I definitly believe the answer is c. 2

4 0

4 years ago

Select the correct value for the indicated bond angle in each of the following compounds: O-S-O angle of SO2 F-B-F angle of BF3

Stels [109]

Answer:

(A) O-S-O bond angle of SO₂ molecule = 119°

(B) F-B-F bond angle of BF₃ molecule = 120°

(C) Cl-S-Cl bond angle of SCl₂ molecule = 103°

(D) O-C-O bond angle of CO₂ molecule = 180°

(E) F-P-F bond angle of PF₃ molecule = 96.3°

(F) H-C-H bond angle of CH₄ molecule = 109.5°

Explanation:

Bond angle refers to the angle between two adjacent chemical bonds in a molecule. The bond angle is different for different molecular geometry.

The Valence shell electron pair repulsion theory predicts the molecular geometry and shape of the given molecule by the number of lone pairs on central atom and number of atoms bonded to central atom.

(A) SO₂ molecule

The number of atoms bonded to S = 2

Number of lone pairs on S = 1

Therefore, the shape of SO₂ molecule is bent and the O-S-O bond angle is 119°.

(B) BF₃ molecule

The number of atoms bonded to B = 3

Number of lone pairs on B = 0

Therefore, the shape of BF₃ molecule is trigonal planar and the F-B-F bond angle is 120°.

(C) SCl₂ molecule

The number of atoms bonded to S = 2

Number of lone pairs on S = 2

Therefore, the shape of SCl₂ molecule is bent and the Cl-S-Cl bond angle is 103°.

(D) CO₂ molecule

The number of atoms bonded to C = 2

Number of lone pairs on C = 0

Therefore, the shape of CO₂ molecule is linear and the O-C-O bond angle is 180°.

(E) PF₃ molecule

The number of atoms bonded to P = 3

Number of lone pairs on P = 1

Therefore, the shape of PF₃ molecule is trigonal pyramidal and the F-P-F bond angle is 96.3°.

(F) CH₄ molecule

The number of atoms bonded to C = 4

Number of lone pairs on C = 0

Therefore, the shape of CH₄ molecule is tetrahedral and the H-C-H bond angle is 109.5°.

7 0

3 years ago