Answer:
Potassium is an element, with the symbol K
Explanation:
An element is something that cannot be broken down any further, for example, calcium, its Ca.
A compound is when you bond two or more elements. Compounds can be broken down into its original elements, for example, H₂O, it contains two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen (both hydrogen and oxygen are elements).
Answer:
XZ2
Explanation:
There are different ways in which compounds can be represented. Broadly, we have three different types of formula;
- Structural formular: This shows how th atoms in te compound are connected to each other.
- Molecular formular: This shows the actual number of atoms of element present in the compound
- Empirical Formular: This is the simplest formular of a compound. It basically shows the number of atoms in simple ration to each other.
This question requires us to input the empirical formular;
X2Z4
The ratio of the elements is; 2 : 4 which can be simplified into 1 : 2
This means the empirical formular is XZ2
For an object to conduct electricity it should have free or delocalised electrons that are free to pass the charge and hence take part in conducting electricity.
From the given choices
Chlorine is a halogen existing as a diatomic gas. Iodine too is a halogen and 2 Iodine atoms held together by covalent bond. Cl - Cl bonds and I-I bonds are covalent bonds. the outer electrons of Cl and I take part in covalent bonds therefore they are fixed and not free to move about. therefore no free electrons to conduct electricity.
Sulfur is a solid that too is held together by covalent bonds so it does not have free electrons to conduct electricity.
Silver is a metal and a general property of metals are their ability to conduct electricity.
metal structure are metal ions tightly packed together. when the metal atoms are tightly packed their valence electrons are removed and delocalised. Positively charged metal ions are embedded in a sea of delocalised electrons.
therefore there are delocalised electrons that can conduct electricity
answer is 3) silver
<span>you'll get silver chloride and potassium nitrate. Both of which are soluble, though so you get no precipitate
I thought all chlorides are soluble? </span>
