The answer is B...
because any of the others could have an opinion based answer
Answer:
If the hydration energy is greater than the lattice energy of the solute, then the enthalpy of solution is positive(exothermic), otherwise it is negative(exothermic).
Explanation:
- The process of dissolving can be endothermic (temperature goes down) or exothermic (temperature goes up).
- When water dissolves a substance, the water molecules attract and “bond” to the particles (molecules or ions) of the substance causing the particles to separate from each other.
- The “bond” that a water molecule makes is not a covalent or ionic bond. It is a strong attraction caused by water’s polarity.
- It takes energy to break the bonds between the molecules or ions of the solute.
- In an ionic solution, the existence of the lattice energy and hydration energy largely determines if the solution is exothermic or endothermic.
Lattice Energy: It is a measure of the cohesive forces that bind ions.
Hydration energy: is the amount of energy released when one mole of ions undergo hydration.
- Energy is released when water molecules bond to the solute molecules or ions.
- If it takes more energy to separate the particles of the solute than is released when the water molecules bond to the particles, then the temperature goes down (endothermic) i.e hydration energy is greater than the lattice energy.
- If it takes less energy to separate the particles of the solute than is released when the water molecules bond to the particles, then the temperature goes up (exothermic) i.e hydration energy is less than lattice energy.
The chemical formula C₂H₆O, which is designated as option D, is equivalent to this structural formula.
<h3><u>What is a Chemical Formula ?</u></h3>
Chemical element symbols, numbers, and occasionally additional symbols like parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas, and plus (+) and minus () signs are used in a chemical formula to represent information about the chemical proportions of the atoms that make up a certain chemical compound or molecule.
- An empirical formula represents by symbols, such as Na for sodium and Cl for chlorine, with subscripts that show the relative number of atoms in each.
- The composition of any member of an entire class of compounds can be represented by a general formula, a sort of empirical formula.
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