Once you determine the percent of water in the cupric pentahydrate, explain how to determine the percent composition that is cupric sulfate.

Pauling and lewis questioned the extreme definitions of bonds. they wondered if bonds might be described somewhere in between the two extremes (covalent and ionic). on the basis of experimental data,pauling confirmed that bonds could be ionic, covalent, and for those, in between, exhibit a degree of ionic character. he theorized that the major factor was how strongly the atoms in the bond attracted the electrons. pauling called this factor - the tendency of an atom to attract electrons in a bond.

Calculate the number of molecules present in 0.750 mol of mgo.

Which of the following describes a compound? (hint: carbon and oxygen bo a. a piece of pure carbon, containing only carbon atoms b. oxygen gas surrounding a solid piece of carbon c. a substance made of two oxygen atoms for each carbon atom carbon and oxygen atoms mixed without being bonded together