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If there was a chemical spill into the waterways near Dayton, would the communities along the Mill Creek need to worry? Explain.

Alona [7]

Yes they will need to worry cause the chemicals could spread in the water making it explode and kill animals and it would be very bad

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2 years ago

Write the atomic symbol for the isotope of bismuth with 125 neutrons.

vlada-n [284]

First, isotopes are the atoms of a single element whose nuclei have a different number of neutrons, and therefore, differ in mass numbers. You should know that atoms are formed by a nucleus that has a small size and is made up of protons and neutrons. The nucleus is surrounded by a cloud of electrons, which are found in a region of the atom called the cortex.

The mass number, represented as A, is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. On the other hand, the atomic number (Z) is the number of protons that exist in the nucleus.

The isotopes of an element X are represented as follows,

(see first attached picture)

It should be noted that the number of neutrons of a chemical element can be calculated as the difference A-Z.

The atomic and mass numbers of bismuth with 125 neutrons are:

Z = 83

A = 83 + 125 = 208

Thus, the atomic symbol of the bismuth isotope with 125 neutrons is:

(see second attached picture)

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2 years ago

The alkali earth metal beryllium (Be) engages in a chemical reaction and loses all of its valence electrons.

denpristay [2]

The loss of electron from an results in the formation of cation represented by the positive charge on the element whereas gaining of electron results in the formation of anion represented by the negative charge on the element.

The alkali earth metal beryllium ( $Be$ ) belongs to the second group of the periodic table. The ground state electronic configuration of $Be$ is: $1s^{2}2s^{2}$