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What makes a metal and a non metal most

Chemistry

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Katarina [22]2 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

The reactivity of elements in the periodic table is based on the number of electrons in there outermost shell. Elements (metals) that have few electrons in there outermost shell are highly reactive because it is easier to lose fewer number of electrons (in the outermost shell during a reaction) than to lose more electrons in the outermost shell - thus metals that have one electron in there outermost shell are most reactive and are more reactive than those that have two electrons in there outermost shell. Hence, metals in group 1 are the most reactive metals because they all have one electron in there outermost shell.

Non-metals that have fewer electrons to complete there octet configuration are highly reactive because it is easier to gain fewer number of electrons (in the outermost shell during a reaction) than to gain more number of electrons - thus nonmetals that have seven electrons in there outermost shell are more reactive than nonmetals that have six electrons in there outermost shell. Hence, nonmetals in group 17 are the most reactive nonmetals because they contain seven electrons and have just one electron left to complete there octet configuration.

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Answer:

Ionic bonds hold charged particles in solid NaCl together, such that they are unable to move or conduct electricity.

Explanation:

Consider an electric current that flows through a conductor: charge moves in a uniform direction from one end of the conductor towards the other.

Thus, there are two conditions for a substance to conduct electricity:

The substance shall contain charged particles, and
These charged particles shall be free to move across the substance.

A conductor of electricity shall meet both requirements.

Now, consider the structure of solid NaCl $\rm NaCl\;(s)$ . NaCl is an ionic compound. It contains an ocean of oppositely charged ions:

Positive $\rm Na^{+}$ ions, and
Negative $\rm Cl^{-}$ ions.

Ions carry charge. Thus, solid NaCl contains charged particles and satisfies the first condition.

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As a side note, melting NaCl into a liquid breaks the ionic bonds and free the ions from the lattice. Liquid NaCl is a conductor of electricity.

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Who first argued that all matter is made up of particles so small that they could not possibly be divided

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You are given an unknown gaseous binary compound (that is, a compound consisting of two different elements). when 10.0 g of the

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Answer is: a possible identity for the unknown compound is C₃H₈.

m(binary compound) = 10.0 g.

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M(binary compound) = 1.38 · 32 g/mol.

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n(binary compound) = 10 g ÷ 44.16 g/mol.

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n(H₂O) = 0.9 mol; amount of water.

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Unknown cpmpound has 4 times more hydrogen than water, it has 8 hydrogen atoms.

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2 years ago

Identify the half reaction as oxidation or reduction.

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What is true about tRNA's: O they vary widely in size O they can covalently bond to more than one type of amino acid 0 they do n

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Answer:

Option (3).

Explanation:

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Thus, the correct answer is option (3).

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