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2 years ago

T or F: Lone pairs around the oxygen atom of a water molecule play no role in determining its molecular geometry?

Chemistry

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Mama L [17]2 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

They play a very important part. The geometry is not a straight line. It is an angle over 90 which means that the molecule has the same general shape as a boomerang. The two hydrogens and the 2 lone electron pairs try to get away as far as possible from each other. The actual shape results in a tetrahedron shape. But the two hydrogens and 1 oxygen actually look like the aforementioned boomerang.

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A diver exhales a bubble with a volume of 250 mL at a pressure of 2.4 atm and a temperature of 15 °C. What is the volume of the

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Answer : The volume of the bubble is, 625 mL

Explanation :

Combined gas law is the combination of Boyle's law, Charles's law and Gay-Lussac's law.

The combined gas equation is,

$\frac{P_1V_1}{T_1}=\frac{P_2V_2}{T_2}$

where,

$P_1$ = initial pressure of gas = 2.4 atm

$P_2$ = final pressure of gas = 1.0 atm

$V_1$ = initial volume of gas = 250 mL

$V_2$ = final volume of gas = ?

$T_1$ = initial temperature of gas = $15^oC=273+15=288K$

$T_2$ = final temperature of gas = $27^oC=273+27=300K$

Now put all the given values in the above equation, we get:

$\frac{2.4atm\times 250mL}{288K}=\frac{1.0atm\times V_2}{300K}$

$V_2=625mL$

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Chemical formula.

Explanation:

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Chemical formula:

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How many moles of lithium oxide will form if 1.68 mol of lithium react?

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Based on the chemical equation, 4 moles of lithium reacts with 1 mole of oxygen to produce 2 moles of lithium oxide.
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