Imagine a world in which all the elements existed, but they couldn't form any chemical bonds with each other. What kinds of substances could not exist in such a world? What kinds of substances could not exist? What do you think this work would look like? Constructive answer (no wrong answer really, as long as it fits with what’s asked)

The small bags of silica gel you often see in a new shoe box are placed there to control humidity. despite its name, silica gel is a solid. it is a chemically inert, highly porous, amorphous form of sio2. because water vapor readily adsorbs onto the surface of silica gel, it acts as a desiccant. despite not knowing mechanistic details of the adsorption of water onto silica gel, from the information provided you should be able to make an educated guess about the thermodynamic characteristics of the process. predict the signs for δg, δh, and δs for the adsorption of water.