In initial steps of the sol-gel process, a reactive metal is treated with an alcohol to form a metal alkoxide. The metal alkoxide is then combined with water to form the metal hydroxide. The metal hydroxide is not formed directly by reaction of the metal with water because A the metal hydroxide formed in the two-step process is more soluble and is more easily utilized (B the alcohol stabilizes the metal hydroxide making it less susceptible to attack by the base added late the direct reaction of a reactive metal with water will give a complex mixture of metal oxides and hydroxide D finer particles are obtained in the two-step process E) the two-step process prevents oxidation of the metal to an unstable oxidation state

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In initial steps of the sol-gel process, a reactive metal is treated with an alcohol to form a metal alkoxide. The metal alkoxide is then combined with water to form the metal hydroxide. The metal hydroxide is not formed directly by reaction of the metal with water because __________.

 
 
In initial steps of the sol-gel process, a reactive metal is treated with an alcohol to form a metal alkoxide. The
metal alkoxide is then combined with water to form the metal hydroxide. The metal hydroxide is not formed
directly by reaction of the metal with water because
A the metal hydroxide formed in the two-step process is more soluble and is more easily utilized
(B the alcohol stabilizes the metal hydroxide making it less susceptible to attack by the base added late
the direct reaction of a reactive metal with water will give a complex mixture of metal oxides and
hydroxide
D finer particles are obtained in the two-step process
E the two-step process prevents oxidation of the metal to an unstable oxidation state
Transcribed Image Text:In initial steps of the sol-gel process, a reactive metal is treated with an alcohol to form a metal alkoxide. The metal alkoxide is then combined with water to form the metal hydroxide. The metal hydroxide is not formed directly by reaction of the metal with water because A the metal hydroxide formed in the two-step process is more soluble and is more easily utilized (B the alcohol stabilizes the metal hydroxide making it less susceptible to attack by the base added late the direct reaction of a reactive metal with water will give a complex mixture of metal oxides and hydroxide D finer particles are obtained in the two-step process E the two-step process prevents oxidation of the metal to an unstable oxidation state
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