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Help identifying an unknown element in an equation
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Zinc and and unknown element form a solid compound Zn
3
X
2
which reacts in water to produce the aqueous ions Zn
2+
, OH
-
and gas XH
3
.
How would I identify X which can be found on the second row of the periodic table?
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What XH
3
compounds do you know?
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LrH3?
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Quote from: Mitch on May 26, 2008, 06:29:21 PM
LrH3?
2
nd
row? Of what? f block?
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Quote from: cooper111 on May 26, 2008, 07:21:01 AM
Zn
3
X
2
This is a clue. What information can you extract from this chemical formula?
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