Question

can u explain this
A hydride is a compound containing only two elements, one of which is hydrogen.
Which element forms the most hydrides?
A carbon
B chlorine
C nitrogen
D oxygen

Answer 1

can u explain this
A hydride is a compound containing only two elements, one of which is hydrogen.
Which element forms the most hydrides?
A carbon
B chlorine
C nitrogen
D oxygen

Answer 2

again language misslead hydrides are in my country considered compounds primarily sonsistent of alkali and alkali earth elements ex KH where H has -1 oxidation state.... just a minute so i try to translate it properly to my language...

Answer 3

okay

Answer 4

if it is what i think it is and that is the amount of compounds which are formed with hydrogen then it is C - carbon cause carbon can create largest amount of compounds with hydrogen -> hydrocarbons

Answer 5

but again cause of language i would call in vincent...

Answer 6

he he it will sound funny but i dont know how to quote somebody in text so that he gets notification....

Answer 7

Hi! Just think and it seems to work!

Answer 8

You have to write @+full login name, like:

@Kryten

Answer 9

@Vincent-Lyon.Fr like this?

Answer 10

yay

Answer 11

so is it ...Carbon.?

Answer 12

Anyway, I do not understand the question either.

In France, hydrides are compounds where H is (-I).
The most famous I know are LiH and LiAlH4.

Besides I do not understand the grammar of the question :
"Which element forms the most hydrides?"

What does the "most" mean in this sentence?

Answer 13

exactly thats the way CIE examination tricks students..

Answer 14

that are not tricks that is just playing stupid, and gessing game

Answer 15

Does it mean:

"Which element forms hydrides most easily?"
or
"Which element forms the greatest number of hydrides?"

Answer 16

Is CIE 'Cambridge International Examination' ?
They should write unambiguous English, I think!

Answer 17

now that is question.... im too from europe (croatia) and here we dont have "trick" questions based upon grammar but calculus etc.

Answer 18

@zaphod i would choose carbon in your place...

Answer 19

So would I.
Chlorine, oxygen and nitrogen are very electronegative elements.

We should call someone from the English-speaking chemical world!

@JFraser: could you help us with this question?

Answer 20

if you got more questions close this one cause JFraser isnt here right now and when he sees it he will answer, if not ask again...

Answer 21

okau

Answer 22

i would choose carbon as well. Usually hydrides are compounds containing the H-1 ion, as mentioned earlier. We don't normally call them carbon hydrides, but carbon forms thousands of them. We usually just call them organic compounds. CH4, C2H6, C2H4, etc, etc

Answer 23

so @zaphod for conclusion it is carbon :D