Answer:
4. they have the same number of protons
Explanation:
while all the other particles and attributes can be changed, protons cannot.
Answer:
(iv) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Explanation:
It is not true that carbon has a strong tendency to either lose or gain electrons to attain noble gas configuration. Carbon is a member of group 14, it is the first member of the group and carbon is purely a non metal. Only metals metals can loose electrons to attain the noble gas configuration. Moreover, carbon does not participate in ionic bonding so it does not gain electrons to attain the noble gas configuration.
However, carbon participates in covalent bonding where it is covalently bonded to four other chemical species using its four outermost electrons. Carbon forms covalent bonds in which four electrons are shared with other chemical species.
Answer: Option (D) is the correct answer.
Explanation:
Atomic number of chlorine is 17 and its electronic distribution is 2, 8, 7.
So, in order to attain stability it tends to gain one electron from a donor atom. Therefore, a chlorine ion is formed as
.
As it gains only one electron that is why, -1 charge occurs.
Whereas Ar is a noble gas with atomic number 18. As it has completely filled octet so it will be unreactive in nature as it is already stable.
Similarly, He is also a noble gas so it is unreactive in nature.
Atomic number of boron (B) is 5 with electronic distribution 2, 3. So, in order to attain stability it needs to lose 3 electrons.
Thus, we can conclude that Cl is the atom which tends to gain 1 valence electron from another atom in order to become stable.