If you follow the octet rule, you know that an element must have 8 outside (or valence) electrons to be energetically favorable.
In CCl4, the carbon molecule forms four bonds; one for each chlorine atom. Each bond contains 2 electrons, so it is satisfied.
In PCl3, Phosphorous forms only 3 bonds with chlorine, which means in order to have 8 valence electrons, it also has a lone pair of electrons, not bonded with chlorine.
Now, in CCl4, picture the shape of the molecule like a plus sign, with the carbon in the middle and the chlorine at the four ends. It is symmetrical, and therefore is nonpolar.
In PCl3, the lone pair electrons <em>push</em>, so to speak, the 3 chlorine atoms away, making a T-shaped molecule. Since the chlorine is more electronegative than carbon, the molecule is unbalenced, making it polar.
The area where she is flying in windless conditions along the equator is called doldrums. Doldrums is a windless zone at the equator caused by warm rising air. The zone experience bands of showers and storms due to the hot air that rises and cools.
The answer is c because you said it was c lol
Answer:
Three half lives.
Explanation:
Given data:
Number of half lives passed = ?
Amount of parent isotope left = 12.5%
Solution:
At time zero = 100%
At 1st half life = 100%/2 = 50%
At second half life = 50%/2 = 25%
At third half life = 25%/2 = 12.5%
It means three half lives would passed.
