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What are the main ideas in Dalton's atomic theory? How do
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What are the main ideas in Dalton’s atomic theory? How do they help explain the laws of conservation of mass, of constant composition, and of definite proportions?
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What are the main ideas in Dalton’s atomic theory? How do they help explain the laws of conservation of mass, of constant composition, and of definite proportions?
ANSWER:Solution : I is the chemical symbol of Iodine and F is the chemical symbol of Fluorine. The given compound has 1 atom of Iodine(I) and 5 atoms of Fluorine. Hence, the Chemical formula of the given compound is IF . 5 Both I and F are non-metals(Refer in the figure below), hence the compound is molecular compound as molecular compounds generally consists of non -metals. Name of the compound is Iodine pentafluoride. As there are 5 atoms of F and 1 atom of I, we prefix F