The softest mineral in the Mohs Hardness Scale is talc.
Talc is often used in baby powder and corn starch, among other things. Talc cleaves into thin sheets, and it is held together only by van de Waals bonds, which allows these sheets to slip past each other. This gives the mineral its softness and it is often valued as a high-temperature lubricant.
Answer:
Likely to gain electrons
Explanation:
The atom shown is likely to gain additional electrons to complete its electronic configuration.
- Since this is a neutral specie, the number of protons and electrons are the same.
- The atom has 16 electrons
- the number of valence electrons is 6
- If the atom gains two additional electrons, the octet configuration is attained
- Also, the atom can lose 6 electrons to become an octet
The atom will prefer to gain additional 2 electrons to give an octet configuration.
I believe the answer is C, n = 3, l = 3, m = 3. The magnetic quantum number, or
<span>ml</span>, can only take values that range from <span>−l</span> to <span>+l</span>, as you can see in the table above.
For option C), the angular momentum quantum number of equal to ++2<span>, which means that <span>ml</span> can have a maximum value of </span>+2<span>. Since it is given as having a value of </span>+3**, this set of quantum numbers is not a valid one.
The other three sets are valid and can correctly describe an electron.
Calcium is in group 2A because it has two valence electrons and an oxidation state of 2+. Hope this is accurate & helpful! Enjoy your evening.
