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How can you determine the shape of water?

Water consists of two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to an oxygen atom, the atoms oxygen has 6 outer shell electrons, and wach hydrogen donates one, this results in the structure having 8 electrons, meanin...
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What are the oxidation numbers of each element in these examples: a) H2SO4 b) N2 c) NH4+

a) H 2 SO 4 ANSWER: H: +1 S: +6 O: -2 b) N 2 ANSWER: N: 0 (all elements not within a compound have an oxidation number of 0 eg I 2 , O 2 , K) c) NH 4 + ANSWER: N: -3 H: +1 (sum of oxidation numbers within co...
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Would you expect a calcium ion to be bigger, smaller or the same size as a calcium atom? Give TWO reasons to explain your answer.

Calcuim is in group two which means when it forms an ion it will donate its two outer elections, this means a calcium ion will be smaller as it has one less shell of electrons.
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State and explain the effect of the following on the rate of a reaction: a) increasing temp b) increasing pressure c) increasing concentration of ONE reactant d) adding a catalyst. In each case state what will happen to the rate constant, k.

a) will increase greater collision energy so greater chance of activation energy being exceeded so greater fraction of successful collisions k increases b) will increase more particles per unit volume so col...
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When you are given a table of half cells with values for electrode potentials, how do you find the strongest oxidising and reducing agent?

Possibly the easiest way to do this is by thinking about what the value of Electrode Potential means. The more positive the Electrode Potential, the greater the tendency of the species in the equation to be ...
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