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sjones

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Based on their relative positions in the periodic table, which might you expect to be a stronger oxidizing agent, chlorine or fluorine? Why?
 
  A) Chlorine should behave as a stronger oxidizing agent because it has a smaller effective nuclear charge in its outermost shell.
  B) Fluorine should behave as a stronger oxidizing agent because it has a smaller effective nuclear charge in its outermost shell.
  C) Chlorine should behave as a stronger oxidizing agent because it has a greater effective nuclear charge in its outermost shell.
  D) Fluorine should behave as a stronger oxidizing agent because it has a greater effective nuclear charge in its outermost shell.

Question 2

What property of half-lives makes radioactive material so problematic?
 
  A) There is no known way to shorten a half-life.
  B) Radioactivity is limited by the natural decay-time to stable isotopes.
  C) All half-lives are long.
  D) There is no known way to measure half-lives with any accuracy.
  E) both A and B



jonathanballen97

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

E



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