Match each vocabulary word with the appropriate definition.

Explain why pure hydrogen cyanide does not conduct electricity, but become a conductor when it is dissolved in water? (at room temp, pure hcn exists as a volatile liquid)

Which of the following is the correct formula for copper (i) sulfate trihydrate? cuso4 · 3h2o cuso4(h2o)3 cu2so4(h2o)3 cu2so4 · 3h2o

Which statement best summarizes the importance of ernest rutherford’s gold foil experiment? it proved that all of john dalton’s postulates were true. it verified j. j. thomson’s work on the atomic structure. it showed that an electron circles a nucleus in a fixed-energy orbit. it showed that a nucleus occupies a small part of the whole atom.