Chemistry: Structure and Properties Custom Edition for Rutgers University General Chemistry
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Chemistry: Structure and Properties Custom Edition for Rutgers University General Chemistry
Ch. 4 - 1. According to Coulomb's law, if the separation...Ch. 4 - Prob. 2SAQCh. 4 - Choose the correct electron configuration for Se....Ch. 4 - Prob. 4SAQCh. 4 - Which set of four quantum numbers corresponds to...Ch. 4 - Prob. 6SAQCh. 4 - Which statement is true about electron shielding...Ch. 4 - Prob. 8SAQCh. 4 - What is the electron configuration for Fe2+?...Ch. 4 - Which species is diamagnetic? Zn Cr 2+ C Mn
Ch. 4 - Prob. 11SAQCh. 4 - Prob. 12SAQCh. 4 - Prob. 13SAQCh. 4 - Prob. 14SAQCh. 4 - Prob. 15SAQCh. 4 - Prob. 16SAQCh. 4 - What are periodic properties?Ch. 4 - Use aluminum as an example to explain how density...Ch. 4 - Explain the contributions of Dobereiner and...Ch. 4 - Who is credited with arranging the periodic table?...Ch. 4 - Prob. 5ECh. 4 - Prob. 6ECh. 4 - What is an electron configuration? Provide an...Ch. 4 - Prob. 8ECh. 4 - Prob. 9ECh. 4 - What is penetration? How does the penetration of...Ch. 4 - Why are the sublevels within a principal level...Ch. 4 - Prob. 12ECh. 4 - Prob. 13ECh. 4 - What are degenerate orbitals? According to Hund’s...Ch. 4 - List all orbitals from 1s through 5s according to...Ch. 4 - Prob. 16ECh. 4 - Copy this blank periodic table onto a sheet of...Ch. 4 - Explain why the s block in the periodic table has...Ch. 4 - Explain why the rows in the periodic table become...Ch. 4 - Explain the relationship between a main-group...Ch. 4 - Explain the relationship between an element's row...Ch. 4 - Which of the transition elements in the first...Ch. 4 - Explain how to write the electron configuration...Ch. 4 - Explain the relationship between the properties of...Ch. 4 - Prob. 25ECh. 4 - Prob. 26ECh. 4 - What is effective nuclear charge? What is...Ch. 4 - When an alkali metal forms an ion, what is the...Ch. 4 - When a halogen forms an ion, what is the charge of...Ch. 4 - Use the concepts of effective nuclear charge,...Ch. 4 - For transition elements, describe the trends in...Ch. 4 - Prob. 32ECh. 4 - Explain how to write an electron configuration for...Ch. 4 - Prob. 34ECh. 4 - Prob. 35ECh. 4 - Prob. 36ECh. 4 - What are the exceptions to the periodic trends in...Ch. 4 - Prob. 38ECh. 4 - Prob. 39ECh. 4 - What is metallic character? What are the observed...Ch. 4 - Prob. 41ECh. 4 - Prob. 42ECh. 4 - Determine whether each element is a main-group...Ch. 4 - Determine whether each element is a transition...Ch. 4 - Write the full electron configuration for each...Ch. 4 - Prob. 46ECh. 4 - Write the full orbital diagram for each element. N...Ch. 4 - Prob. 48ECh. 4 - Use the periodic table to write the electron...Ch. 4 - Use the periodic table to determine the element...Ch. 4 - Use the periodic table to determine each quantity....Ch. 4 - Use the periodic table to determine each quantity....Ch. 4 - Prob. 53ECh. 4 - Prob. 54ECh. 4 - Determine the number of valence electrons in each...Ch. 4 - Prob. 56ECh. 4 - Which outer electron configuration would you...Ch. 4 - Prob. 58ECh. 4 - Prob. 59ECh. 4 - List the number of valence electrons in each...Ch. 4 - Which pair of elements do you expect to be most...Ch. 4 - Prob. 62ECh. 4 - Predict the charge of the ion formed by each...Ch. 4 - Predict the charge of the ion formed by each...Ch. 4 - According to Coulomb’s law, which pair of charged...Ch. 4 - Prob. 66ECh. 4 - Prob. 67ECh. 4 - Arrange the atoms according to decreasing...Ch. 4 - If core electrons completely shielded valence...Ch. 4 - In Section 3.6/, we estimated the effective...Ch. 4 - Prob. 71ECh. 4 - Choose the larger atom in each pair. Sn or Si Br...Ch. 4 - Arrange these elements in order of increasing...Ch. 4 - Arrange these elements in order of decreasing...Ch. 4 - Write the electron configuration for each ion. O2...Ch. 4 - Write the electron configuration for each ion. Cl...Ch. 4 - Write orbital diagrams for each ion and determine...Ch. 4 - Write orbital diagrams for each ion and determine...Ch. 4 - Which is the larger species in each pair? LiorLi+...Ch. 4 - Which is the larger species in each pair? SrorSr2+...Ch. 4 - Arrange this isoelectronic series in order of...Ch. 4 - Arrange this isoelectronic series in order of...Ch. 4 - Choose the element with the higher first...Ch. 4 - Prob. 84ECh. 4 - Arrange these elements in order of increasing...Ch. 4 - Prob. 86ECh. 4 - For each element, predict where the “jump” occurs...Ch. 4 - Prob. 88ECh. 4 - Choose the element with the more negative (more...Ch. 4 - Prob. 90ECh. 4 - Choose the more metallic element in each pair....Ch. 4 - Prob. 92ECh. 4 - Prob. 93ECh. 4 - Prob. 94ECh. 4 - Prob. 95ECh. 4 - Prob. 96ECh. 4 - Both vanadium and its 3+ ion are paramagnetic. Use...Ch. 4 - Use electron configurations to explain why copper...Ch. 4 - Prob. 99ECh. 4 - Suppose you were trying to find a substitute for...Ch. 4 - Prob. 101ECh. 4 - Which pair of elements would you expect to have...Ch. 4 - Consider these elements: N, Mg, O, F, Al. Write...Ch. 4 - Consider these elements: P, Ca, Si, S, Ga. Write...Ch. 4 - Prob. 105ECh. 4 - Explain why vanadium (radius = 134 pm) and copper...Ch. 4 - The lightest noble gases, such as helium and neon,...Ch. 4 - The lightest halogen is also the most chemically...Ch. 4 - Prob. 109ECh. 4 - Prob. 110ECh. 4 - Prob. 111ECh. 4 - Write the electronic configurations of the six...Ch. 4 - You have cracked a secret code that uses elemental...Ch. 4 - The electron affinity of sodium is lower than that...Ch. 4 - Use Coulomb’s law to calculate the ionization...Ch. 4 - Prob. 116ECh. 4 - Consider the densities and atomic radii of the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 118ECh. 4 - Consider the metals in the first transition...Ch. 4 - Imagine a universe in which the value of ms can be...Ch. 4 - A carbon atom can absorb radiation of various...Ch. 4 - Only trace amounts of the synthetic element...Ch. 4 - What is the atomic number of the as yet...Ch. 4 - The trend in second ionization energy for the...Ch. 4 - Unlike the elements in groups 1A and 2A, those in...Ch. 4 - Using the data in Figures 3.19 and 3.20/,...Ch. 4 - Prob. 127ECh. 4 - Prob. 128ECh. 4 - The heaviest known alkaline earth metal is radium,...Ch. 4 - Predict the electronic configurations of the first...Ch. 4 - Prob. 131ECh. 4 - The outermost valence electron in atom A...Ch. 4 - Prob. 133ECh. 4 - Give a combination of four quantum numbers that...Ch. 4 - Prob. 135E
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