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Ch.8 - Periodic Properties of the Elements

Chapter 8, Problem 81

Choose the more metallic element from each pair. c. Cl or O

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Hello. Everyone in this video, we're giving four different statements and we're talking about metallic characteristics based on periodic trends of two different elements. So two different elements. One being nitrogen, it's element symbol is N. And then for our sulfur it's going to be an S. So we need to know N. And S. Because we have to go ahead and look at that in our periodic table. So and being nitrogen, you see, it's going to be right over here and sulfur is going to be right over here for the purity trends regarding mental characteristics. As we go down on the party table, we're going to increase in these characteristics going from right to left. Were also increasing these metallic characteristics. So ideally kind of going diagonal here more further left and bottom of our party table. It's going to have the most metallic characteristics ever comparing the nitrogen and sulfur is actually kind of cancel each other out because we can see here that sulfur is further down on the table. However, it's not closer to the left left means more metallic characteristics. So they do cancel each other out. And therefore this cannot be determined. So I cannot b determined meaning we don't know if nitrogen has more metallic characteristics or less metallic characteristics. Therefore A. And B. Do not apply. C. Saying that they're equal. And we also do not know if they're equal or not. So we can say d none of the above