Electrostatic, meaning the attraction from one's positive nucleus is to the negative electrons of the other atom and vis versa.
Sugar and water are made with tiny particles. They are both made from molecules and atoms.
Your reaction
.. Fe + O2 ---> FexOy
for this reaction..
.. the Fe on the left is in the 0 oxidation state
.. the Fe on the right is in the +(2y/x) oxidation state
.. the O on the left is in the 0 oxidation state
.. the O on the right is in the -2 oxidation state
meaning
.. the O is reduced... . . (it's reduced in oxidation state)
.. the Fe is oxidized.. . .(oxidation state increased)
this is a REDOX reaction
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AND.. it's also a synthesis reaction.. (aka combination reaction)
Explanation:
The given data is as follows.
Pressure (P) = 760 torr = 1 atm
Volume (V) =
= 0.720 L
Temperature (T) =
= (25 + 273) K = 298 K
Using ideal gas equation, we will calculate the number of moles as follows.
PV = nRT
Total atoms present (n) =
=
= 0.0294 mol
Let us assume that there are x mol of Ar and y mol of Xe.
Hence, total number of moles will be as follows.
x + y = 0.0294
Also, 40x + 131y = 2.966
x = 0.0097 mol
y = (0.0294 - 0.0097)
= 0.0197 mol
Therefore, mole fraction will be calculated as follows.
Mol fraction of Xe =
= 
= 0.67
Therefore, the mole fraction of Xe is 0.67.