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Ammonium cyanide is a salt formed by hydrogen cyanide and ammonia. Ammonia is a weak base and hydrogen cyanide is a weak acid.
NH₄CN + H₂O ⇒ NH₃ + HCN
NH₄⁺ + H₂O -----> H₃O⁺ + NH₃
CN⁻ + H₂O -----> HCN + OH⁻
Although both compounds are weak electrolytes, NH₃ is somewhat stronger base than HCN is a strong acid, so the solution reacts alkaline. We can prove this using Ka and Kb values:
Ka(HCN) = 4.9 x × 10⁻¹⁰
Kb(NH₃) = 1.8 × 10⁻⁵<span>
Kw= </span>1.0 × 10⁻¹⁴
Let's first calculate Ka for NH₄⁺:
Ka(NH₄⁺) x Kb(NH₃<span>) = pKw
</span>Ka(NH₄⁺) = Kw/Kb(NH₃) = 5.6 x 10⁻¹⁰
Then, Kb for CN⁻:
Kb(CN⁻) x Ka(HCN) = pKw
Kb(CN⁻) = Kw/Ka(HCN) = 2 x 10⁻⁵
From this, we can see that the acid constant NH4⁺ is much lower than the base constant of CN⁻, which will say that the solution of NH₄CN will react slightly alkaline because of the higher presence of hydroxyl ions in solution.
The arrow shows that the bond between the chlorine atom and the fluorine atom is nonpolar. The electrons in the bond are pulled more strongly by the fluorine atom, and the chlorine atom is slightly positive.
Explanation:
- The bond between Chlorine and fluorine is nonpolar bonding because both of them are sharing an equal number of electrons in the bond. H2, F2, and CL2 are common examples of this.
- Chlorine and fluorine are electronegative molecules but Fluorine is above chlorine in the periodic table. Since fluorine is above Chlorine, fluorine has slightly highest electronegative nature compare to fluorine. This is the reason why Fluorine molecules are attracting electrons more than chlorine atoms. This making chlorine atoms slightly positive in Cl and F bonding.
Some examples of malleable materials are gold, silver, iron, aluminum, copper and tin.
