The metric system is used because it is based on the number 10. Ten is easy to use for mathematical operations and conversions.
It is also easy to use for scientific notation when you are referring to powers of ten. There are extremely large and extremely small numbers in science. Thus, scientific notation allows for accurate abbreviated ways to symbolize these numbers. For instance, if I were to say 1,000, in scientific notation it would be 1 x 10 ^3. If I was to say 1,000,000, I would scientifically write 1 x 10 ^6.
CaCl2 +Na2CO3 ====>Nacl+CaCO3
Answer:
Explanation:
It is easier if you convert the kelvin temperature into Celsius degrees:
- ºC = T - 273.15 = 150 - 273.15 = -123.15ºC
Now, you know that that is a very cold temperature. Thus, may be the oxygen is not gas any more but it changed to liquid . . . or solid?
You must search for the boiling point and melting (freezing) point of oxygen in tables or the internet. At standard pressure (about 1 atm) they are:
- Melting point: −218.79 °C,
- Boiling point: −182.962 °C
That means that:
- below -218.79ºC oxygen is solid (not our case).
- between -218.79ºC and -182.962ºC oxygen is liquid (not our case)
- over -182.962ºC oxygen is a gas. This is our case, because -123.15ºC is a higher temperature than -182.962ºC.
Hence, <em>the state of matter of oxygen at 150K</em>, and standard pressure, is gas.