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I believe that this would be a square pyramidal

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I am quite confused on how to determine a sigma bond from a pi bond can anyone help?

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One thing I found helpful for hybridization is basically if its 1-attachment= S , 2-attachment= SP , 3-attachment=sp^(2), 4-attachment= sp^(3), 5-attachment= SP^(3)D, 6--attachment = SP^(3)D^(2).

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How would we know when an atom has an expanded octet do we just have to know what are the exceptions by memory? if so what are they?

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I believe it depends on what you are looking at because some atoms can have expanded octets while others can not.

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The process would be the same as a normal lewis structure count the electrons and draw accordingly.

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I don't believe we have to have it memorized we just need to know the pattern so it increases across and decreases down a column.

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To determine the polarity of an atom the difference in electronegativity is an important component for example the more the difference in electronegativity the more polar it is. but they can be covalent as well.

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I am confused on how to tell which bond is stronger for example when comparing a single bond with a triple bond how do we know which is shorter or longer? also how do we know whether one is stronger or weaker?

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how would we know when to use a double bond or even a triple bond is there some sort of pattern? or should we just know?

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What is formal charge and how do we calculate it?

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The octet rule is when main group elements combine in a certain way so that each atom has eight electrons in its valence shell.

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You remove from the outermost electrons as they are the furthest away from the nucleus and require less energy to remove.

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I understand how to draw a lewis structure but how would I come to do this if there are two elements such as CCL4 and what is meant by the formal charge? this might be simpler than I am making it out to be but I'm quite confused.

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it would be more stable with two double bonds

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I believe they have to be balanced but it all corresponds to the number of electrons that element has

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I worked on a problem to find out the ground state electron configuration for chromium and was told it is [Ar] 3d^3 4s^1 why isn't it 3d^4 if it is in the fourth box of the d-block?

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I am highly confused as to how to know when an element has a higher electronegativity than another element for example why does oxygen have a higher electronegativity than nitrogen? can someone explain this to me thoroughly?

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What is meant by the phrase it is half full in the context of orbitals? for example how do we know when an orbital is half full or completely full?

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A d orbital is an exception as spoken by Professor Lavelle as it depends on the concept that it is at a much higher energy level.

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In order to calculate the wavelength you will use the equation λ=h/mv

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No we will not be required to know how to draw the orbitals however, I do believe we have to how to distinguish between them

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What is the wavelength of a neon atom traveling with a velocity of 4.34 X 10^3 m/s? There was a similar question to this on test 2 but I wasn't sure how to do the problem would I convert the moles to atoms then convert grams to kilograms and once I got that it will give me the mass and finally use λ...

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In a hydrogen atom, an electron transitions from the fourth to the third quantum level. calculate the frequency of a photon emitted. These problems seem to confuse me I know the problem indicates the n=4 to n=3 which means it decreased however I'm not to sure if I did it correct I used the equation ...

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A compound emits light with energy of 4.60 X 10^-19 J per photon. What is the wavelength of the light wave emitted by the compound in nanometers? I know that for this problem I would have to use the formula E=hc/λ and plugged in the constants and rearranged the equation in which now I got λ= h/E and...

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it is a one to one ratio so it would be one thousand aswell.

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The energy of the photon has to be either equal or greater than the energy of the electron for it to be emitted.

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A work function is the minimum energy needed to remove an electron from a solid surface to a point in the vacuum immediately outside the solid surface.

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Sodium vapor lamps used for public lighting, emit yellow light of wavelength 589 nm. how much energy is emitted by (a) an excited sodium atom when it generates a photon?
how would I approach this problem and what equation would I use?

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Are we supposed to memorize all the constants such as speed of light planks constant etc. and the equations as well? I think we are giving the constants but not the equations but I'm not to sure; any clarification?

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What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength how does one affect the other?

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The average I believe was around 22/40 as well as in my discussion section the average was 21 because many students did not get to finish the test so, the average was not very high.

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For the speed of light I recommend using the most accurate, but rounding up to 3.00 will be fine as well as long as we use either one we are going to get an appropriate answer.

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for the test we are going to be given the constant but I do believe that we might need to know the formulas that we are to use.

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In order to know what equation to use you would have to look at the problem and distinguish what will be needed and in some instances as seen on Friday lecture we will need to rearrange the equations in order to obtain the answer. Always check what is given in order to get to the answer.

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I noticed that Dr. Lavelle rearranged the formula of E=hv and c= λv in Fridays lecture to solve the problem given in class and he got E=hc/λ, do we always have to do this in order to solve the problem? how do we know we have to rearrange the equations?

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If 3.61 X 10^-14 j is required to remove an electron with zero kinetic energy from a metal surface, what would be the longest wavelength light that could do this? I am aware we are to rearrange the equation and get hc/E but I'm not to sure what he did after that I don't understand how he got the fin...

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In Mondays lecture Dr. Lavelle demonstrated the figure of the electric field and described what a wavelength was considered however, I am still confused as to what does amplitude mean in this context is it the height of the wavelength or...?

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No there could not be two limiting reactants as there has to be one which will run out and another in which we will have an excess of there can not be two limiting.

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Yes as I remember we were given the figure of the atoms themselves and in order to fine the formula we were to count each of the elements given and that would give us the molecular formula.

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yes the value of 750 only has 2 significant figures as a significant figure is any non-zero digit and because it came after too the right of the 75 it is not considered a significant figure which is why it only contains 2.

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I am quite certain that we as students are not required to know the states of the molecules as most of the time they are given in the problem.

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I am confused in a problem that involves conversions to atoms. For example, Mass of an atom of beryllium is 1.50 X 10^(-26)kg. How many beryllium atoms are present in a beryllium film of mass 0.210 g. I know the answer is 1.50 X 10^(-26)kg. * (1000 grams) =1.5 X10^(-23) and now I will have to divide...

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Balancing equations can be quite confusing when fractions get involved for me. For example for the chemical equation NH3+O2--------->NO+H2O I balanced it and obtained the answer 2NH3+(5/2) O(2)-------->2NO+3H2O, could I leave the fraction or would I have to multiply the whole equation by two in orde...

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I understand that In this problem I am to balance the chemical equation, NH(3) +CuO------->N(2)+H2O+CO, which becomes 2NH(3)+3CuO--------->N2 +3H2O+3Cu, after that I have to find the moles of NH3(2.9 mol) and CuO (1.13 mol) however, from here I know I am to find the moles needed for each but, I am n...

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When the answer you acquire is close to a whole number such as 2.9 it is better to round up to 3 and not having to multiple by another number as it already is a whole number.

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What kind of helps me remember the difference between molar mass and molecular weight is the molar mass is what the entire compound equals for example H20 would have a molar mass of 17.01 while the weight of lets say hydrogen would only be 1.01.

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