A piece of unknown solid substance weighs 257.6 g, and requi…
A piece of unknown solid substance weighs 257.6 g, and requires 4979 J to increase its temperature from 25.4 °C to 75.6 °C. (a) What is the specific heat of this substance? [SpecificHeat] (b) What is its likely identity according to this table? [Identity]
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Thallium was used as a poison in the Agatha Christie mystery story “The Pale Horse.” Thallium has two possible cationic forms, +1 and +3. The +1 compounds are the more stable. Write the electron configuration of the +1 cation of thallium. Note: write configuration in the following form. 1s22s22p63s2
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