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Question
Write symbols of the following elements and the radicals obtained from them and indicate the charge on the radicals.
Mercury, potassium, nitrogen, copper, sulphur, carbon, chlorine, oxygen
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Solution
|
sr. no. |
Element |
Symbols | Free radicals | charge on the radicals |
| i. | Mercury | Hg | Hg+ | +1 |
| Hg2+ | +2 | |||
| ii. | Potassium | K | K+ | +1 |
| iii. | Nitrogen | N | N3- | -3 |
| iv. | Copper | Cu | Cu+ | +1 |
| Cu2+ | +2 | |||
| v. | Sulphur | S | S2- | -2 |
| vi. | Carbon | C | C+ | +1 |
|
vii. |
Chlorine |
Cl | Cl- | -1 |
| viii. | Oxygen | O | O2- | -2 |
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