To measure the amount of nickel in some industrial waste fluid, an analytical chemist adds sodium hydroxide solution to a sample of the fluid and collects the solid nickel(II) hydroxide product. When no more is produced, he filters, washes and weighs it, and finds that has been produced. The balanced chemical equation for the reaction is:

the best answer is d because the strong cohesion is caused by the ability of water molecules to undergo hydrogen bonding.

a is incorrect because when water solidifies, it becomes   ice, which expands and occupies a bigger volume for the same mass of water in its liquid state.

b is incorrect because water has high surface tension. besides bonding to itself it hydrogen bonds to other molecules at the top decreasing possibility for breaking of attractive forces.

c is incorrect because the water molecule has oxygen which is highly electronegative and so pulls the electron pair towards itself creating a dipole moment, making the molecule polar.

e is incorrect because water has strong adhesion, ability to stick to other molecules such as glass because of this molecules having stronger hydrogen bonding than water.

answer:

technetium is the most reactive. this is followed by silver. the least reactive out of these three elements is strontium.

it should have an internal chamber and two thermometers sticking out of the top. the internal chamber will also be closed off from the outside.