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What does electronegativity mean?

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ludmilkaskok [199]2 years ago

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Answer:

Electronegativity refers to the ability of an atom to attract shared electrons in a covalent bond. The higher the value of the electronegativity, the more strongly that element attracts the shared electrons.

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Answer: The element expected to be most electronegative is Ca.

The element expected to be least electronegative is K.

Explanation:

Electronegativity is defined as the property of an element to attract a shared pair of electron towards itself.

Down the group:

The size of an atom increases as we move down the group because a new shell is added and electron gets added up.

As, the size of an element increases, the valence electrons gets away from the nucleus. So, the attraction between the nucleus and the shared pair of electrons decreases

Hence, electronegativity decreases moving from top to bottom down a group

Across a period:

The size of an atom decreases as we move across the period because the electrons get added to the same shell and the nuclear charge keeps on increasing. Thus the electrons get more tightly held by the nucleus.

As, the size of an element decreases, the valence electrons come near to the nucleus. So, the attraction between the nucleus and the shared pair of electrons increases.

Hence, electronegativity increases moving across left to right in a period.

Thus as K, Sc and Ca are arranged across a period, the electronegativity order is K< Sc < Ca.

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What volume of 0.160 m li2s solution is required to completely react with 130 ml of 0.160 m co no3 2?

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The volume of 0.160 m Li2S solution required to completely react with 130 ml of 0.160 CO(NO3)2 is calculated as below

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since the reacting moles between CO(NO3)2 to LiS is 1:1 the moles of LiS is also 20.8 moles

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The cubic unit cell this metal crystallize as is BCC structure .

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The unit cell consists of lattice points that represent the locations of atoms or ions.

The entire structure then consists of this unit cell repeating in three dimensions

$\rm \rho =\dfrac{nM}{N_{0} a^{3}} \\\\\\\\\rm n =\dfrac{\rho N_{0} a^{3}}{M} \\\\\\\\Assuming\; it \; to \; be \; a\; BCC\; structure \\\\\\ r = \dfrac{\sqrt{3} \times a}{4} \\\\\\Therefore\; a = 3.23 \times 10^{-8}\\\\\\\\\rm n =\dfrac{13.3 \times 6.022 \times 10^{23}\times 3.23^{3}\times (10^{-8})^{3}}{135} \\\\$

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A. Since the ball rebounds at half the initial speed, there is a loss in kinetic energy. This is NOT an elastic collision.

B. A collision involving sticking is an example of a perfectly INELASTIC collision. This is NOT an elastic collision.

C. A reduced speed indicates that there is a loss of kinetic energy. This is NOT elastic.

D. The balls traveling at half the speed after the collision indicates a loss of kinetic energy, making this collision NOT elastic.

E. This collision indicates an exchange of velocities, characteristic of an elastic collision. We can prove this:

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m = mass of each ball

v = velocity

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KE = \frac{1}{2}mv^2 + 0 = \frac{1}{2}mv^2KE=21mv2+0=21mv2

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