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14. Each beaker shown to the right contains iron and an acid. In which beaker will the iron dissolve the fastest
and why?
a. Beaker A because of a higher concentration level.
b. Beaker A because of increased surface area.
C. Beaker B because of a higher concentration level.
d. Beaker B because of increased surface area.

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Answer from: Student3220

The question is incomplete, the complete question is attached in the image below:

The correct option is D) Beaker B because of the increased surface area.

Explanation:

A solution consists of solute and solvent.

A solute is defined as a component that is present in a smaller proportion while a solvent is defined as a component that is present in a larger proportion.

Solubility is defined as the amount of solute that can be dissolved in a given amount of solvent to form a solution.

Solubility of a substance depends on a few factors:

Surface areaMolecular sizeTemperatureStirring effect

For the given images,

Beaker A has a large block of iron rod and Beaker B has iron shards.

The smaller molecular size of a substance increases its surface area and thus, increases the solubility.

Hence, the correct option is D) Beaker B because of the increased surface area.

14. Each beaker shown to the right contains iron and an

acid. In which beaker will the iron dissolv

Answer from: Quest

explanation:

metals have excess of electrons whereas non-metals have deficiency of electrons. thus, in order to gain stability metals easily donate their electrons to the non-metals.

for example, electronic configuration of sodium is $1s^{2}2s^{2}2p^{6}3s^{1}$ and electronic configuration of phosphorous is $1s^{2}2s^{2}2p^{6}3s^{2}3p^{3}$ .

when a phosphorous atom and sodium atom combine together then sodium will donate is extra one electron to the phosphorous atom. as a result there will be formation of ionic bond between sodium and phosphorous.

the reaction will be as follows.

$3na + p \rightarrow na_{3}p$

there, are three sodium sodium atoms and each of them will donate its one extra electron to phosphorous atom. thus, the sub-shell of phosphorous gets completely filled.

thus, we can conclude that electrons are transferred from atoms of sodium to atoms of phosphorous. this transfer makes the sodium atoms donate one electron and the phosphorous atoms to gain one electron. as a result, the sodium and phosphorus atoms strongly attract each other.