January 2017 Chemistry Regents #51-53

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 #51-53
  
51 Explain, in terms of electron configuration, why arsenic and antimony are chemically similar.

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same number of valence e-

[1] 52 Identify the element in Period 3 that is an unreactive gas at STP. [1]

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Ar or argon

53 Compare the energy of an electron in the first shell of a cadmium atom to the energy of an electron in the third shell of the same atom. [1]

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the electron in shell 3 has more energy

 
  

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Question 51-53 Questions 54-55
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