1. You find a separatory funnel set up in a fume hood. There are clearly two visible layers. Describe a method you could use to determine which layer is the aqueous layer.

You find a separatory funnel set up in a fume hood. There are clearly two visible layers. Describe a method you could use to determine which layer is the aqueous layer.

Explanation:

In the separating funnel, the liquid with less density exists at the top layer and the liquid with greater density will exist at the bottom layer.

To identify the aqueous layer, add a bit of water to the separating funnel.

Then, observe where the water will go and mix.

If it mixes with the bottom layer, then the bottom layer is the aqueous layer.

If water mixes with the top layer, then top layer is the aqueous layer.

answer:

the answer is 6 valence electrons.

explanation:

valence is the # of electrons on the outer most shell of an atom.

oxygen has 6.

although, the valency of oxygen is 2, because it only needs to make 2 covalent bonds, or gain 2 electrons, to achieve the stable octet configuration of a noble gas.

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