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It is symmetrical with electronegativity difference due to oxygen and two fluorine in the compound, which takes us back to the question.Is COF2 Polar or nonpolar? Carbonyl Fluoride (COF2) is a polar molecule because of the electronegativity difference between oxygen and fluorine. Fluorine is the most electronegative element in the periodic table. Hence, it gains a slight negative charge as it attracts electrons more than that of oxygen, creating a slight positive charge on the carbon atom....

I2 + I- —-> I3-This is the exergonic equilibrium leading to the formation of the ion where a positive flow of energy happens from the system to the surroundings.One of the major uses of this ion is due to its non-reactive property with starch which results in an identifiable blue-black color used a lot for identification.It is a major component of a lot of salts.Now, let us learn the internal chemistry and make ourselves aware of its bonding nature in order to gain more insight into its properties....

The short answer is no. Bronze is not magnetic. It is an alloy with non-magnetic properties. You can test for bronze by simply using a magnet. And, you will observe that it doesn’t attract. So, even though it’s non-magnetic, it has many uses in different sectors. These sectors are industry, furniture, and many others. That’s the long and short of it! But I would advise you to read it till the end....

Is SO3 polar or nonpolar? SO3 is nonpolar and this is because of the trigonal planar shape of sulfur trioxide. Sulfur and oxygen have a difference in electronegativity due to which polarity arises in the S-O bond but the three S-O bonds lie at 120 degrees angle with each other cancels out the overall polarity and resulting in the formation of SO3 as a nonpolar molecule.SO3 (Sulfur Trioxide) has a trigonal planar structure....

A simple answer would be that because ice is lighter than water. Many students may be unaware of the reason why ice is lighter than water? There is a knowledgeable fundamental behind this. So, In this article, you’ll get to know about the ice properties and reason behind the same.So, why does ice float on water? Although ice is a solid form of water, ice is lighter than water because the ice is less dense than water....

Formaldehyde has always been an important preservative as it can kill deadly pathogens further preventing the growth of bacteria.The formaldehyde is also quite famous for being excessively pungent to smell, degrading for the human, and is considered a known carcinogen.The lewis structure diagrams determine exactly how many valence electrons are available within an atom and participate in the bond formation.The Lewis structure helps with visualizing the behavior of the valence electrons within the molecule and whether any lone pair of electrons exists or not....

The properties of hydrogen are unique and hence, its position was always in debate. The properties of the hydrogen atom are similar to both alkali metals and halogens. Therefore, the hydrogen atom shows +1 and -1 oxidation states depending upon the electronegativity of the combining atom.Many of you have doubts in your mind regarding if hydrogen atom contains neutrons or not. Yes, that seems little confusing.So, Does Hydrogen have neutron?...

Even in a technical point of view, white gold is more flexible and elastic which makes it easy to work with and turn them into beautiful and exquisite ornaments. However, when regularly used, white gold tend to turn yellow as time passes. Let’s take a few moments to understand the science behind these changes and how it can be prevented.So, does white gold tarnish? No, White gold neither gets tarnished nor gets oxidized....

Condensation is also an example of a phase transition. The reverse process (transformation of liquid into gas phase) is called vaporization.Endothermic phase transitions take energy, in the form of heat, from the environment. Exothermic phase transitions release heat to the environment.Condensation releases heat to the environment, so it is exothermic. During condensation, the molecules lose kinetic and potential energy, which is released as heat (thermal energy).Evaporation is the opposite of condensation....

Gold has decided to show an anomaly of being strongly diamagnetic and weakly paramagnetic in nature. It is because there is no reason why an element shows specific behavior. It makes chemistry full of exceptions. We can only study how?So, is gold magnetic? Yes, gold is magnetic only in the presence of an externally applied magnetic field. As gold is diamagnetic in nature, it weakly repels a magnet in the presence of an externally applied magnetic field....

Being diprotic it is responsible for the formation of two types of salts viz. hydrogen carbonates (HCO3-) and carbonates (CO3-2).Many of the students have questions about the acidity of H2CO3 (carbonic acid), whether it is a strong or a weak acid. So, In this article, we will study the acidity of H2CO3 and will let you know all the fundamentals.So, Is carbonic acid a strong acid? No, H2CO3 is not a strong acid as it does not dissociate completely in an aqueous solution....

Methane is an odorless, colorless, and flammable gas. It is commonly used as fuel.Coal mining, wastewater, biomass, and landfills are responsible for global anthropogenic methane emissions.Although Benjamin Franklin supposedly reported methane in 1774, Alessandro Volta (1777) is often credited with the chemical identification of methane after extracting gas by agitating the sediments at Italy’s Lake Maggiore. Methane can be used for making other organic chemicals.In this article, we will understand the greenhouse effect and study methane as a greenhouse gas....

So, Is PCl5 Polar or Nonpolar? PCl5 is nonpolar in nature because it has the symmetrical geometrical structure due to which the polarity of P-Cl bonds gets canceled by each other. As a result, the net dipole moment of PCl5 comes out to be zero.PCl5 is a colorless crystal in appearance at room temperature. It is one of the common chlorinating reagents.It was first discovered by a famous English chemist Humphry Davy in the year 1808....

Cucumbers are alkaline. It has a pH value of approximately 5.12-5.78. Some of its other variations, such as cucumber water, have different pH values. But they are all on the alkaline side. In order for you to easily grasp all the relevant information about the pH of cucumbers, how alkaline they can be, and if they have any acidic elements, I have included it all in this article.I would recommend reading the whole thing to get the full insight....

SiH4 is the structural composition of silane/silicane. It is a flammable and colorless gaseous compound bearing a strong repulsive odor.Silicane has its application in the semiconductor industry: it is used as a source of hyperpure silicon.Other than this, SiH4 is used to manufacture several silicon-containing compounds and also as doping agents.Due to its flammable nature, it is highly explosive and dangerous. It can cause fatal accidents via ignition and combustion due to leakage....

Carbon atoms are capable of bonding with each other in different ways resulting in the formation of allotropes of carbon. It exists in four allotropic forms: diamond, graphite, fullerenes, and amorphous carbon.In this article, we will discuss carbon and its Bohr model.So, let’s begin. Bohr Model of Carbon After several failed attempts to explain the structure of the atom, Ernst Rutherford proposed his hypothesis in 1911. He explained that the atom is divided into a stationary positively charged nucleus and the negatively charged electrons that revolve around this nucleus, just like the planets around the sun in our solar system....

It was first produced by Jean Baptiste Dumas in 1847. It is also a potent air pollutant found in automobile and industrial exhausts.In this article, we will study the lewis structure of CH3CN along with its geometry, hybridization, and polarity. Read till last. CH3CN Lewis Structure Lewis dot symbol or lewis structures are the diagrams that demonstrate the bonding between different atoms of a compound, specifying the number of bonds as well as the lone pairs of electrons....

From food packaging to acting as oxidizers in propellants for rockets, it has quite a varied range of useful properties.However, its exposure to drinking water and edible vegetables can be harmful to the human body and can cause severe unwanted effects.Perchlorate ion has a molar mass of 99.45 g/mol and usually forms salts with the likes of sodium, ammonium, potassium. It is usually in colorless solid form although it can also form acid ( perchloric acid)....

But do these reefs merely add to the beauty of the marine ecosystem or do they have other functions as well? It might come as a surprise to many, but coral reefs also play a vital role in helping us to breathe.Do coral reefs produce oxygen? Yes, they do. Although coral reefs cover only 0.0025% of the ocean floor, they are responsible for producing half of the oxygen present in the Earth’s atmosphere....

So, does Silicon conducts electricity? Yes, Silicon conducts electricity as it is a semiconductor. The conductivity of Silicon gets better with increasing the temperature of it. This is because of the unique property of semiconductors whereas, in the case of metals, the conductance of electricity decreases with an increase in temperature.Silicon is used in many electronics appliances as it is an element that consists of unique properties. One such property of silicon is that it is a semiconductor....