Friday, February 26, 2010

When silicone and oxygen combine to form silicone dioxide, silicon and oxygen ?

a) fuse together to form a new atom


b) retain their identities


c) duplicate their massesWhen silicone and oxygen combine to form silicone dioxide, silicon and oxygen ?
They don't fuse together to form a new atom. That's a nuclear reaction.





They don't duplicate their masses. Law of Conservation of Mass.





They do retain their identities.





The answer is b)

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