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General Chemistry Principles, Patterns, and Applications, 2011

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17. Determine whether each species is a good oxidant, a good reductant, or neither.<br />

a. Ir<br />

b. Cs<br />

c. Be<br />

d. B<br />

e. N<br />

f. Po<br />

g. Ne<br />

18. Of the species I 2 , O − , Zn, Sn 2+ , <strong>and</strong> K + , choose which you would expect to be a good oxidant. Then justify your<br />

answer.<br />

19. Based on the valence electron configuration of the noble gases, would you expect them to have positive or<br />

negative electron affinities? What does this imply about their most likely oxidation states? their reactivity?<br />

A N S W E R S<br />

1.<br />

1. The general features of both plots are roughly the same, with a small peak at 12 electrons <strong>and</strong> an essentially<br />

level region from 15–16 electrons. The slope of the I 3 plot is about twice as large as the slope of the I 1 plot,<br />

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