What term best defines the process that occurs when nuclei combine to produce a nucleus with more mass? a. fusion b. fission c. anti-synthesis d. atomic recombination

How are evaporation and sublimation similar? a both involve the formation of a gas. b both release energy to the surroundings. c both take place throughout a solid. d both take place at the surface of a liquid.

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.

Molecular iodine, i2(g), dissociates into iodine atoms at 625 k with a first-order rate constant of 0.271 s−1. part a part complete what is the half-life for this reaction?