Why is an alkali metal like Sodium so reactive?

Why is air a homogeneous mixture and not a compound?

3.200 x 109 has how many sig figs?

What are written to the right of the arrow in a chemical reaction

Why are the trends and exceptions to the trends in ionization energy observed? Check all that apply. Ionization energy tends to increase down a group because the electrons get farther away from the nucleus.

Gaseous ethane ch3ch3 will react with gaseous oxygen o2 to produce gaseous carbon dioxide co2 and gaseous water h2o. suppose 18. g of ethane is mixed with 85.4 g of oxygen.

For the following SN1 solvolysis reaction, select the correct rate equation and the overall reaction order (note: CH3OH is the solvent for the reaction). (CH3) 3CCl + CH3OH → (CH3) 3OCH3 + HCl

Which of the following is not a possible sublevel? 1s 2p 3f 4d

Fish breathe oxygen, o2, dissolved in the water. since water is a polar substance and oxygen is a nonpolar substance, how can there be any oxygen, o2, in the water?

Barium carbonate, baco3, is stable at ambient temperatures, but decomposes to barium oxide and carbon dioxide at higher temperatures.

How do an isotope and a radioactive isotope differ?