For which of the following activities might you want to hire a chemist?
Answer: D. testing a rock sample for gold content
Which of the following procedures involves a physical change in one of the substances?
Answer: C. separating a salt solution by evaporating the water
Answer:
Energy levels
Explanation:
Elements in one row of the periodic table have the same energy levels. A row on the periodic table is the horizontal arrangement of elements. These rows are called periods.
There are 7 periods on the periodic table.
- Each elements on a period begins with an atom having one valence electrons and then ending with completely filled orbitals.
- Elements in the same period are known to have the same electronic shells which is the energy level.
- The principal quantum number of their electrons is the same.
Answer:
it will probably flame up or explode or maybe start boiling
Answer:
Ionic bonds hold charged particles in solid NaCl together, such that they are unable to move or conduct electricity.
Explanation:
Consider an electric current that flows through a conductor: charge moves in a uniform direction from one end of the conductor towards the other.
Thus, there are two conditions for a substance to conduct electricity:
- The substance shall contain charged particles, and
- These charged particles shall be free to move across the substance.
A conductor of electricity shall meet both requirements.
Now, consider the structure of solid NaCl 
. NaCl is an ionic compound. It contains an ocean of oppositely charged ions:
- Positive
ions, and - Negative
ions.
Ions carry charge. Thus, solid NaCl contains charged particles and satisfies the first condition.
Inside solid NaCl , electrostatic attractions ("ionic bonds") between the oppositely charged ions hold these ions in rigid ionic lattices. These ions are unable to move relative to each other. As a result, they cannot flow through the solid to conduct electricity. Under solid state, NaCl is unable to satisfy the second condition.
As a side note, melting NaCl into a liquid breaks the ionic bonds and free the ions from the lattice. Liquid NaCl is a conductor of electricity.
