Answer: Option (a) is the correct answer.
Explanation:
Atomic number is the sum of only total number of protons present in an element. Whereas mass number is the sum of total number of both protons and neutrons present in an element.
For example, given atom has mass number as 15 and its atomic number is 7.
Therefore, number of neutrons present in it will be calculated as follows.
Mass number = no. of protons + no. of neutrons
15 = 7 + no. of neutrons
no. of neutrons = 15 - 7
= 8
Thus, we can conclude that the given atom contains 8 neutrons in the nucleus.
B is correct
salt lowers the freezing point of water (colligative property) by lowering the interaction and intermolecular forces between water molecules
It follows that the reaction is spontaneous at high temperatures Option A.
<h3>What is ΔS ?</h3>
The term ΔS is referred to as the change in the entropy of the system. Now recall that entropy is defined as the degree of disorderliness in a system. If a system is highly disorderly then it means that it has a high entropy. Also, ΔH has to do with the heat change that accompanies a reaction.
We know that both the entropy and the heat change can both either be positive or negative. Now we know that the equation ΔG = ΔH - TΔS can be used to ascertain whether or not a reaction will be spontaneous. If the result is negative, then the reaction will be spontaneous.
As such, when then it follows that the reaction is spontaneous at high temperatures Option A.
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