Answer:
Open spaces in water's solid structure makes its solid state less dense than its liquid state.
Explanation:
- Water unlike other liquids is special. It contracts when cooled, down to a temperature of 4°C but thereafter begins to expand as it reaches 0°C and turns into ice.
- This property is useful for the preservation of marine life in very cold temperatures. During winter, the surface water in water lakes and rivers starts cooling. Upon reaching the temperature of 4°C, the surface water descends to the bottom as it denser.
- This help in the maintenance of temperature of the water at the bottom at 4°C. It is in this layer that marine life is sustained.
An increase in the temperature will speed up the reaction by increasing the frequency and efficiency of the collisions of molecules.
Answer:
- <em>Hydration number:</em> 4
Explanation:
<u>1) Mass of water in the hydrated compound</u>
Mass of water = Mass of the hydrated sample - mass of the dehydrated compound
Mass of water = 30.7 g - 22.9 g = 7.8 g
<u>2) Number of moles of water</u>
- Number of moles = mass in grams / molar mass
- molar mass of H₂O = 2×1.008 g/mol + 15.999 g*mol = 18.015 g/mol
- Number of moles of H₂O = 7.9 g / 18.015 g/mol = 0.439 mol
<u>3) Number of moles of Strontium nitrate dehydrated, Sr (NO₃)₂</u>
- The mass of strontium nitrate dehydrated is the constant mass obtained after heating = 22.9 g
- Molar mass of Sr (NO₃)₂ : 211.63 g/mol (you can obtain it from a internet or calculate using the atomic masses of each element from a periodic table).
- Number of moles of Sr (NO₃)₂ = 22.9 g / 211.63 g/mol = 0.108 mol
<u>4) Ratio</u>
- 0.439 mol H₂O / 0.108 mol Sr(NO₃)₂ ≈ 4 mol H₂O : 1 mol Sr (NO₃)₂
Which means that the hydration number is 4.
A. Decomposing water requires a high activation energy.
Explanation:
In decomposing water to release hydrogen gas to make fuel cells, the process requires a very high activation energy.
2H₂O ⇆ 2H₂ + O₂
This is the overall reaction. O-H must be broken to release free hydrogen to produce hydrogen gas.
The O-H bond is a very strong force of attraction that requires a high activation energy to overcome.
- The activation energy is the energy barrier that must be overcome before a reaction takes place.
- The sun is a renewable source of energy.
- Water decomposition produces useful oxygen gas needed by all life for cellular respiration.
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