Answer: The missing coefficient is 2.
Explanation:
According to the law of conservation of mass, mass can neither be created nor be destroyed. Thus the mass of products has to be equal to the mass of reactants. The number of atoms of each element has to be same on reactant and product side. Thus chemical equations are balanced.
As in the products, there are 2 atoms of sodium, thus there will be 2 atoms of of sodium in the reactant as well. This will balance the number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms as well.
Thus the missing coefficient is 2.
Answer:
compound
Explanation:
When two distinct elements are chemically combined—i.e., chemical bonds form between their atoms—the result is called a chemical compound. Most elements on Earth bond with other elements to form chemical compounds, such as sodium (Na) and Chloride (Cl), which combine to form table salt (NaCl).
Beta decay converts a neutron to a proton and emits a high-energy electron, producing a daughter nucleus with the same mass number as the parent and an atomic number that is higher by 1.
One lone pair, as there is a single covalent bond between the hydrogen and the carbon, and a triple covalent bond between the nitrogen and the carbon, leaving two free electrons/one electron pair on the nitrogen..... I think ((:
