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Bree Perkins 1E

How can you tell whether the wavelike properties of ejected electrons can be detected? Is there a certain numerical cutoff?

Bree Perkins 1E

Well, with trigonal pyramidal shape, the bond angles are 109.5 if there are no lone pairs on the central atom. If there is a lone pair(s), then they push the non-central atoms closer together (repulsion). Since they are pushed together, they are going to have a bond angle of less than 109.5, 107 if ...

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi,

When converting from grams to moles of say, $Fe_{2}$ or $O_{2}$ would the grams per mole value be 16 (1 oxygen), or 32 (2 oxygen)?

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi, I have a general question about acids and bases. If you are given a chemical equation, how can you tell which molecule is an acid or base, electron acceptor or electron receiver?

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi,
My question is why is $C_{2}H_{6}$ non polar. Since it is tetrahedral, wouldn't the dipole moments not cancel out?

Bree Perkins 1E

Can elements such as iodine exceed the octet rule? Can it form double and triple bonds even though it has 7 valence e-?

Bree Perkins 1E

Problem seven asks for how many different bond angles there are for OSCl. Isn’t there only one value for that angle? Also, it asks for the bond angles of the OSCl and ClSCl? Wouldn’t they be the same?

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi,
How do tell what the molecular shape of the molecule is? What is the criteria for distinguishing it?

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi Everyone,

I am confused on problem 4.3. How can part a) HCN be linear. Wouldn't the lone pair on N cause it to not be linear?

Also, how do you know that $CH_{2}N_{2}$ is tetrahedral rather than trigonal planar?

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi Everyone,

I am a bit confused on the $\sigma -bonds$ and the $\pi -bonds$ . I get that they are two different types of bonds and that they occur when to elements bond, but I don't quite understand what the difference is between the two? What makes them different?

Bree Perkins 1E

Yes, in some cases, group 17 elements can form double or triple bonds because some of them can have an expanded octet depending on where they are on the periodic table. For example, I believe Iodine can form a double bond because it is able to have an expanded octet.

Hope this helps!

Bree Perkins 1E

To determine whether a molecule is polar or non-polar, you look at the dipole moments. If there are no dipole moments or the dipole moments cancel each other out, then the molecule is non-polar. If there are dipole moments that don't cancel out, then the molecule is polar. CCl_{4} is non-polar becau...

Bree Perkins 1E

I believe that if a problem is drawn a certain way (square or chain), they will tell us as they did in 47 and 43. If we haven't learned that, or we are not expected to know it, then they usually tell us what information we need to complete the problem.

Bree Perkins 1E

N only has 5 valence electrons, and once you single bond to both O's and the Cl, you only have 1 lp (2 e-s) left. That being said, it can only form one more bond, and once it does, you can count all the bonds Nitrogen makes (4, each representing 2 e-s) which will equal 8 e-s (Octet). If it formed 2 ...

Bree Perkins 1E

Yes, If I am not mistaken that is what the problem is asking. The closest one to 0 is more stable, so it is less likely to be very reactive.

Bree Perkins 1E

B would be impossible because if n=3, then l can only go to 2 because the l maximum is (n-1). So at n=3 energy level, you can have 3 subshells (l) which are 0,1, and 2. Keep in mind that l=0 is s, l=1 is p, and l=2 is d. D would be impossible for the same reasoning. When n=3, l can only go up to n-1...

Bree Perkins 1E

Yes, I was told that that they will mark off for the wrong amount of sig figs.

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi, I am having trouble understanding how the professor figured out how many electrons are in (NH_{4})_{2}SO_{4} . It says that there are 5 electrons in N and 6 electrons in O. How do you know how many are in the valence shell? I thought for N it would have 3 valence e- because it is third i...

Bree Perkins 1E

But why is it 5d^4 6s^2 and not 5d^5 6s^1? I thought it was more stable to have d^5 than d^4 (as well as d^10 instead of d^9)? Also are we expected to know how to include the f-block in electron configurations? I'm not sure but I thought we had to know how to do electron configurations of the s-blo...

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me balance and equation. The hard part for me to understand is when you have to use a fraction and the multiply to get whole numbers. The equation is below:

$Cu + HNO_{3} \rightarrow Cu(NO_{3})_{2} + NO + H_{2}O$

Bree Perkins 1E

On Wednesday the professor briefly talked about octets, when adding or removing an electron, and I am really sorry if this is a dumb question, but what exactly does he mean by an octet? It is something I don't remember from high school chemistry.

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi Everyone. I have a question about the f orbital. Since the f orbital begins at 57 (Lantharium), how would you write the electron configuration for that? Would it come after 6s? And if so, then what would 71 (Lutetium) be? Sorry if this question is confusing, I just want to make sure I understand ...

Bree Perkins 1E

I have some questions about orbital values.
1. What exactly is n?
2. If l can be 0,1,...,n-1, then how can you figure out what value of l it is?
3. If there is different options of what m can be, then how do you figure out what value of m it actually is?
4. What exactly does l and $m_{l}$ mean?

Bree Perkins 1E

What does the $E_{n}$ equation mean in this instance. I guess I am confused on what we use the Schrodinger Equation for?

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi! The information given to us in this question is that no electron is emitted until the frequency of radiation reaches 2.50*10^16 Hz. We are trying to find the amount of energy required to remove the electron from the surface, thus the threshold energy (also known as work function) required to re...

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi Everyone,
My question is "What is the numerical cutoff for whether the value you get for $\bigtriangleup v$ or $\Delta p$ is possible/helpful or not?"

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi Everyone, I am working on the homework and am trying yo figure out problem 1.15 but I am having a little trouble getting started. I know that it gave us the wavelength, and I am assuming we are supposed to use Rydberg's equation for it, but other than that, I am not quite sure what to do. I just ...

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi, I have a quick question about significant figures. If I have an answer that comes out to be 600nm, but I want to only have 2 sig figs in my answer, how would I write that? Could I write $6.0*10^{2}$ ?

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi, Would someone be able to explain the concept of this question? I am just confused on how the precision relates to each other.

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi, I have a question on number 17 of the post-module question. Since we know that the uncertainty I speed is 1/100 speed of light, so 3.0*10^{6} , so doubled 6.0*10^{^{6}} , how would we go about solving the rest of the equation? would you start by plugging that into \Delta p=m*(6.0*10^{6})...

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi Everyone! I am trying to do problem L.3 and am a bit confused. I tried doing it as the the book shows in the tool box in the book and I get all the way to the part where you convert Li3N into H2: (\frac{.0015}{34.83})mol Li_{3}N * \frac{2 mol H_{2}}{1 molLi_{3}N} The solutions manual had ...

Bree Perkins 1E

I also don't understand this problem. I tried looking at the solution guide to see how it went about solving it, but I am a bit confused on what the steps are that the solution is doing. Would someone be able to explain the steps to this problem?

Bree Perkins 1E

The 2 outside the parentheses can be multiplied by the three inside which tells you that you have 6 Nitrogens right there. That being said, you now just need to make sure that the other side has the same amount, which you can do by balancing the rest!

Bree Perkins 1E

Hi Everyone, I have a question on the last problem that the professor did on Friday in week one. The problem was: Solid Calcium Carbide CaC2 reacts with H2O to for aqueous Calcium Hydroxide, Ca(OH)2 and Ethyne gas C2H2. What is the limiting reactant when 100g H2O reacts with 100g CaC2? What is the t...

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