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2 years ago

If element x forms the oxides xo and x2o3 the oxidation numbers of element x are

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Deffense [45]2 years ago

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Answer:

b) +2 and +3.

Explanation:

Hello,

In this case, given the molecular formulas:

$XO$

And:

$X_2O_3$

We can relate the subscripts with the oxidation states by knowing that they are crossed when the compound is formed, for that reason, we notice that oxygen oxidation state should be -2 for both cases and the oxidation state of X in the first formula must be +2 since both X and O has one as their subscript as they were simplified:

$X^{+2}O^{-2}$

Moreover, for the second case the oxidation state of X should be +3 in order to obtain 3 as the subscript of oxygen:

$X_2^{+3}O_3^{-2}$

Thus, answer is b)+2 and +3

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$k_1\ is\ the\ rate\ constant\ at\ T_1$

$k_2\ is\ the\ rate\ constant\ at\ T_2$

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$\left(\ln \left(\:\frac{4.8\times \:\:\:10^8}{2.3\times \:\:\:10^8}\right)\right)\:=-\frac{E_a}{8.314\times \:10^{-3}\ kJ/mol.K}\times \:\left(\frac{1}{649.15\ K}-\frac{1}{553.15\ K}\right)$

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