Explanation:
Potassium and Sodium are both metals on the periodic table. Both elements are found on the s-block of the table. Therefore, it is not possible for both of them to combine to form a compound.
For a compound to form two elements must combine in a definite order to given single product.
The combination is facilitated by a loss, gain or sharing of electrons between two species. This leads to an attraction between the combining species.
Both Sodium and potassium would prefer to lose electrons and there is no reason for them to combine to form a compound.
Answer:
1
Explanation:
zeros are not counted when they come before a natural number
Answer:
1:16
Explanation:
The ground state of an electron on the planet is n = 4 compared the ground state of an electron at n =1. For a hydrogen atom, the electron energy level is given as:
Hence the ratio of their ionization energies is 1:16
<h3>Answer:</h3>
18.75 grams
<h3>Explanation:</h3>
- Half-life refers to the time taken by a radioactive material to decay by half of the original mass.
- In this case, the half-life of element X is 10 years, which means it takes 10 years for a given mass of the element to decay by half of its original mass.
- To calculate the amount that remained after decay we use;
Remaining mass = Original mass × (1/2)^n, where n is the number of half-lives
Number of half-lives = Time for the decay ÷ Half-life
= 40 years ÷ 10 years
= 4
Therefore;
Remaining mass = 300 g × (1/2)⁴
= 300 g × 1/16
= 18.75 g
Hence, a mass of 300 g of an element X decays to 18.75 g after 40 years.
