Why is an atom regarded as electrically unstable

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Answer: An atom can be considered unstable in one of two ways. If it picks up or loses an electron, it becomes electrically charged and highly reactive. Such electrically charged atoms are known as ions. Instability can also occur in the nucleus when the number of protons and neutrons is unbalanced.

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How many moles of gas X are present if the gas has a volume of 2dm³ at room temperature and pressure? Give your answer to 2 deci

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Look up the standard room temperature and pressure: $25\; \rm ^{\circ}C$ and $P = 101.325 \; \rm kPa$ .

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Convert the unit of all three measures to standard units:

$\begin{aligned} T &= 25\; \rm ^{\circ}C \\ &= (25 + 273.15)\; \rm K \\ &= 293.15\; \rm K\end{aligned}$ .

$\begin{aligned}P &= 101.325\; \rm kPa \\ &= 101.325 \; \rm kPa \times \frac{10^{3}\; \rm Pa}{1\; \rm kPa} \\ &= 1.01325 \times 10^{5}\; \rm Pa\end{aligned}$ .

$\begin{aligned}V &= 2\; \rm dm^{3} \\ &= 2 \; \rm dm^{3} \times \frac{1\; \rm m^{3}}{10^{3}\; \rm dm^{3}} \\ &= 2 \times 10^{-3}\; \rm m^{3}\end{aligned}$ .

Look up the ideal gas constant in the corresponding units: $R \approx 8.31\; \rm m^{3}\cdot Pa \cdot mol^{-1} \cdot K^{-1}$ .

Let $n$ denote the number of moles of this gas in that $V = 2\; \rm dm^{3}$ . By the ideal gas law, if this gas is an ideal gas, then the following equation would hold:

$P \cdot V = n \cdot R \cdot T$ .

Rearrange this equation and solve for $n$ :

$\begin{aligned}n &= \frac{P \cdot V}{R \cdot T} \\ &\approx \frac{1.01325 \times 10^{5}\; {\rm Pa} \times 2 \times 10^{-3}\; {\rm m^{3}}}{8.31 \; {\rm m^{3} \cdot Pa \cdot mol^{-1} \cdot K^{-1}} \times 293.15\; {\rm K}} \\ &\approx 0.08\; \rm mol\end{aligned}$ .