How many diatomic chlorine molecules (Cl2) are required to completely bond with twelve carbon atoms to form the covalent compound carbon tetrachloride?

4

12

24

48

Question

How many diatomic chlorine molecules (Cl2) are required to completely bond with twelve carbon atoms to form the covalent compound carbon tetrachloride?

 4

 12

 24

 48

lovelyharmonics · Answer

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ipwnbunnies · Answer

I don't wanna be wrong about this question. .-.
Carbon tetrachloride. The molecular formula comes from the name. You have to know that tetra- means 4. :3
Carbon tetrachloride is CCl4. So you need 4 chlorine atoms for each carbon atom.

Since we have 12 carbons, we need 12*4 = 48 chlorine atoms
But since we're dealing with diatomic chlorine molecules, we'll need 48/2 = 24 diatomic chlorine molecules

lovelyharmonics · Answer

Cool, were going to get you up to the second rank for science pretty soon xD

ipwnbunnies · Answer

Pshh, nah. .-.  A few hundred to go lolol.