The metal is sodium, Na.
<u>Explanation:</u>
K₂O is an ionic compound in which K is in the oxidation state of +1 and it belongs to group 1.
Group 1 elements also form oxides with the metals with the general formula M₂O and M being Na, K, Li and so on.
Metals Like sodium and Potassium are so brittle in nature and also their oxides.
So the other metal that form metal oxide which is brittle as well as ionic in nature, and so the metal oxide is Na₂O.
So the metal is sodium, Na.
Answer:
The correct statements that you must check are:
- The oxygen atom has a greater attraction for electrons than the hydrogen atom does (second statement).
- The electrons of the covalent bond are not shared equally between the hydrogen and oxygen atoms (fourth statement).
Explanation:
Electronegativity is the relative ability of an atom to pull the electrons in a covalent bond.
Hydrogen has an electronegativity of 2.20 and oxygen has 3.44. That means that oxygen attracts the electrons more strongly than hydrogen does (second statement).
As consequence, the electrons in the covalent bond H - O of water are not shared equally (fourth statement): the electron density will be higher around the O atoms.
Of course, this discards the statement telling that hydrogen atom attracts electrons much more strongly than the oxygen atom, and the statement telling that hydrogen and oxigen have same electronegativity.
Such difference in electron densities creates a dipole moment, so you discard the last statement (that the water dipole moment is equal to zero).
