The answer is (3). The powdered iron and the piece iron is the same substance and is just different in the shape. So the reason is the power has larger surface area for reaction occurs.
The p sublevels are named 2p, 3p, and 4p since the p sublevel appears only starting the 2nd level. By the Aufbau principle, 3p will be filled first before 4p. This is because of the energy present on the level.
Each of the p sublevel has 3 orbitals, allowing them to contain 6 electrons as each orbital may hold two.
The answer is: lose electrons and form positive ions.
Most metals have strong metallic bond, because of strong electrostatic attractive force between valence electrons (metals usually have low ionization energy and lose electrons easy) and positively charged metal ions.
The ionization energy (Ei) is the minimum amount of energy required to remove the valence electron, when element lose electrons, oxidation number of element grows (oxidation process).
For example, magnesium has atomic number 12, which means it has 12 protons and 12 electrons. It lost two electrons to form magnesium cation (Mg²⁺) with stable electron configuration like closest noble gas neon (Ne) with 10 electrons.
Electron configuration of magnesium ion: ₁₂Mg²⁺ 1s² 2s² 2p⁶.
Light does not travel at a constant speed in a vacuum, compared to in air, because the light is being absorbed by atoms and molecules in the air. But light does travel at a constant speed in a vacuum.
So I agree with A
All that talk about moving forward is irrelevant (I think)
