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b) three points
C6H5CO2 + HOH ---> C6H5CO2H + OH
K = ([C6H5CO2H][OH]) [C6H5CO2]
= ((4.0 x 108) (4.0 x 106)) (0.10 - 4.0 x 106)
= 1.6 x 1010
c) one point
C6H5CO2H <===> H+ + C6H5CO2
Ka = ([H+][C6H5CO2]) [C6H5CO2H]
= ((2.5 x 109) (0.10)) (4.0 x 106)
= 6.3 x 105
d) two points
C6H5CO2H <===> C6H5CO2 + H
pH = 2.88
[H+ ] = 1 x 102.88M = 1.3 x 103
Ka = ([H+ ][C6H5CO2]) [C6H5CO2H]
6.3 x 108 = ((1.3 x 103) (1.3 x 103)) x
x = 2.8 x 102 M
Total C6H5CO2H in solution =
(2.8 x 102 + 1.3 x 103) M =
2.9 x 102 M
Metals
Relatively high
Good
High
Most are solids
Nonmetals
Relatively low
Insulators
Little or none
Gases, liquids, or solids
Chemical properties:
Metals
redox
Reducing agents
attraction to electrons
Electropositive
Oxides basic
or amphoteric
Nonmetals
Oxidizing
or reducing agents
Electronegative
acid/base character
reactivity
Oxides acidic
React with both metals
and nonmetals
Electron configurations (1 point each statement): Metals: Valence electrons in s or d sublevels of their
atoms. (A few heavy elements have atoms with one or two electrons in p sublevels.) Nonmetals: Valence
electrons in the s and p sublevels of their atoms.
There are more metals than nonmetals because filling d orbitals in a given energy level involves the atoms
of ten element and filling the f orbitals involves the atoms of 14 elements. In the same energy levels, the
maximum number of elements with atoms receiving p electrons is six.