Answers to Chapter 10

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listed below! Be sure that you can write electronic configurations and understand trends is periodic properties
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20
From graph--estimate 23 g/cm^3. This gives 141 g/mol

24
As n increases, the number of electrons per shell increases according to 2n^2.
Therefore each period does not have the same number of elements.

26
a 112
b 115
c 118

30
H+ < He < H < H-
Helium has +2 for the nuclear charge which contracts its electronic orbitals.
H+ is the smallest because it only has a nucleus.

38
1.603 x 10^18 ions

44
a [Ar]3d8
b [Ar]3d9
c [Ar]3d3
each of these loses the 4s electrons.

50
a -75 degrees (very approximately)
b -71 degrees (but water is exceptional due to H bonding--to be studied later)

52
a 1
b 1
c 3
d 4
e 2
f 2

 

60
Using the volume of a sphere, 4/3 pi r^3 we calculate16.3 cm^3/mol (remember that 1 pm is 10^-12 m). The calculated volume is less than the actual volume of 24 cm^3/mol because we have neglected the empty spaces between spheres. Another opportunity to practice those conversions!

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5249 kJ/mol
Calculate the energy required to go from n=1 to n=infinity (ionized).
Z=2 for the Helium nucleus and you'll need Avogadro's number to convert to moles.
This value agrees well with the actual value, because the Rydberg/Bohr model works well for 1 electron atoms and ions.