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If you removed all empty space from atoms in your body, you'd compress to the size of a speck of dust.
Did you know?
If you removed all empty space from atoms in your body, you'd compress to the size of a speck of dust.
Noble gases are named because of their inertness towards reactivity. Identify an incorrect statement about them.
Noble gases are sparingly soluble in water.
Noble gases have very high melting and boiling points.
Noble gases have weak dispersion forces.
Noble gases have large positive values of electron gain enthalpy.
To solve this problem, we need to analyze the properties of noble gases.Noble gases are known for their lack of reactivity due to their full valence electron shells.Let's evaluate each option:• Option 1: Noble gases are sparingly soluble in water.This is a correct statement. Noble gases have very low solubility in water due to their nonpolar nature.• Option 2: Noble gases have very high melting and boiling points.This statement is incorrect. Noble gases have low melting and boiling points because they are held together by weak dispersion forces (van der Waals forces).• Option 3: Noble gases have weak dispersion forces.This is a correct statement. The weak dispersion forces are due to the small size and nonpolar nature of noble gases.• Option 4: Noble gases have large positive values of electron gain enthalpy.This is a correct statement. Noble gases have high positive electron gain enthalpy because they do not readily accept electrons, as they already have a stable electron configuration.Therefore, the incorrect statement is Option 2. Noble gases do not have very high melting and boiling points.The correct answer is Option 2.
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