NaCl is an ionic compound whereas CuCl is a covalent compound. A common ionic compound is sodium chloride (NaCl). Sodium in its outermost shell... View Article
Ionization energies are always positive and the amount of energy needed to detach an electron from an isolated gaseous atom is the ionisation... View Article
The best reducing metal is lithium, with the maximum negative value of electrode potential. By convention, reduction potential, or the propensity... View Article
Potassium is not an Alkaline Earth Metal it is Alkali metal. Potassium (K), Group 1 (Ia) chemical element of the periodic table, group of alkali... View Article
Except for beryllium, all alkaline earth metals often react with water to form highly alkaline hydroxides, which should be treated with great... View Article
Ever since antiquity, alkali metal compounds have been identified. In 1807, by electrolytically preparing (and naming) potassium and sodium... View Article
Water is a weak field ligand. The electronegative O atom is extremely electron-withdrawing, so the electron pair on O and a metal d-orbital have... View Article
Bond polarity in chemistry is the division of electric charge around a bond, leading to an electric dipole or dipole moment for a molecule or its... View Article
Sodium is an alkali metal not alkaline earth metal. The elements lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium and francium are part of the... View Article
Copper chloride is the higher chloride of copper with the formula CuCl2. It occurs naturally as the mineral eriochalcite. It is a brown solid... View Article
The H+ ion and the P3- ion form hypophosphorous acid. It releases hydrogen ions as it reacts with the base. When heated to form phosphine, red... View Article
A common mineral is gypsum. Calcium sulphate (CaSO4) and water (H2O) are made up of gypsum. Calcium sulphate dihydrate (CaSO4.2H2O) is its... View Article
Expanding universe means that the galaxies have been moving away from each other since the beginning of the Big Bang. The galaxies are not... View Article
In physics, the dimension of any object is given by the number of coordinates needed to describe any point within it. Let us try to understand,... View Article
What is meant by frequency?. Frequency is the number of waves that pass through a point in a given period of time. Frequency of the wave is... View Article
Electric potential is the amount of energy per unit charge at a particular point. When a coulomb charge at any point possesses large potential... View Article
Why is an atom electrically neutral?. An atom is electrically neutral because the overall charge of an atom is zero. The atoms are made of three... View Article
The most abundant element in the universe is hydrogen. It is available in greater quantity than any other element. Hydrogen makes up about 73 per... View Article
