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chemical identities. Thus the molecules
in a mixture are already separated before
a chemical reaction takes place. The rest
involve chemical reactions:
(B). breaking down of compounds into
elements
eg.2HBO1, 2HBt,l * Or(u)
(C).
combination of atoms of elements to
form a molecule
A ;: two electrons only. This eliminates
eg.2Al1r1 *3Clr(r) ^ 2Alcl3(s)
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(D). reaction of a compound and an element
to form a new compound and a new
element
eg.Fe(r) + CuSOol*; -Sr"so+(rq) * Cu(r)
56. c. 5 600 years
An interesting method of dating ancient
organic objects is based on the fact that
the preserved object, if not too old,
contains a measurable amount of
radioactive carbon-14. In spite of its
relatively short life of5 630 = 5 600 years,
a small amount of carbon-14 is present in
the atmosphere (mainly as 'nCO, ).
Although it is continually decaying to
produce nitrogen, lac ir also continually
being produced by cosmic-rai activityr
57. b. 168.0
168.0 has 4 significant figures since
zero after a decimal point is always
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significant.It indicates that measurement
must be accurately made up to the
nearest tenths (168.0). (a) has 3
significant figures, decimals with all
nonzero digits are all significant. (c)
0.0168 has only three significant figures
(the zeros before 168 only show where
the decimal point is). (d) 0.00168 also
has three significant figures.
58. c.3 electrons
Each orbital of an atom can hold up
.u-choice (c) right away.
59. a. more protons than electrons
An atom originally has equal number
of electrons and protons (d). Ions are
produced when these atoms lose or gain
electrons. Atoms that have lost
electrons, and now have more protons
than electrons, has a net positive charge
and is called a positively-charged ion or
more commonly known as cation.
Negatively-charged ion (b) has more
electrons than protons. (c) is not true
for all atoms.
60. a.
The relationship between gas volume
and temperature is stated by Charles'
Law. If the pressure does not change,
the volume of a given mass of gas is
directly proportional to the absolute
temperature. The straight-line graph of
the temperature of a gas versus its
volume shows that changes in these
quantities are directly proportional to
each other.
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