<h3>1. <u>Answer;</u></h3>
a. the strong nuclear force is much greater than the electric force.
<h3><u>Explanation</u>;</h3>
- <em><u>For an atom to be stable it means it has enough amount of binding energy to hold its nucleus together permanently. </u></em>
- Therefore, <em><u>an unstable atom lacks enough amount of binding energy to hold its nucleus permanently and thus undergoes decay to achieve stability. Unstable atoms are therefore referred to being radioactive.</u></em>
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Small atoms are stable; <u>this is because they have equal number of protons and neutrons and thus the protons and neutrons fill up energy levels while maximizing the strong force binding the nucleus together. </u>
<h3>9.<u> Answer;</u></h3>
b. change into a different element altogether.
Uranium-238 undergoes alpha decay. Therefore, uranium-238 will <em><u>change into a different element altogether</u></em>.
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Explanation;</u></h3>
- Unstable atoms undergo radioactive decay in order to achieve stability of their nucleus.
- <em><u>Uranium-238 is an example of such atom, which may undergo decay to achieve stability.</u></em>
- <em><u>Alpha decay is one of the types of decays,</u></em> others being beta decay and gamma decay. <em><u>In alpha decay the radioactive isotope undergoes decay such that its mass number is decreased by four and its atomic number is decreased by two.</u></em>
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Therefore, <em><u>Uranium-238 undergoes alpha decay to form a different element whose mass number is 234 and atomic number is 90, known as thorium-234. </u></em>
he is a good scientist because he postulated that chemical reactions resulted in the rearrangement of the reacting atoms
We first need to convert grams of hydrogen chloride to moles.
molarity = moles of solute/liters of solution
To convert from grams to moles, we need to divide by it's molecular mass.
4.5 g HCl * (1 mole HCl/ 36.46 g HCl) = 0.123 moles HCl
0.12 moles/0.9 L = 0.13 M HCl
If they gave you the volume as 900 mL, then that would be 3 sig figs. And the sig figs would be limited to 2 because the mass.If, however, they gave you the volume as 0.9 L, then that would be 1 sig fig. And the final answer would be limited to to 1 sig fig.
Bond energy is a measure of the bond strength of a chemical bond, and is the amount of energy needed to break the atoms involved in a molecular bond into free atoms.
Acids react with metals to form hydrogen gas.
