Q4. oil rigs are used to drill for crude oil.
a. drill heads are made from steel. steel is an alloy.
explain why alloys are harder than pure metals.
b. drill heads also contain diamonds.
describe as fully as you can the structure and bonding in diamond.
c. polymers are produced from crude oil.
describe the structure and bonding in thermosoftening polymer and explain why thermosoftening polymers melt when heated.

Select each correct answer. more than one answer may be correct. which of the following is a characteristic of unicellular organisms? they can possess tissues and organs. all of their functions are performed by a single cell. they are usually microscopic. each of their cells is specialized to perform a specific function.

56.16 gregor mendel was the first scientist to use statistics to analyze scientific data. before mendel's experiments, scientists believed that organisms acquired traits from their environment and passed them on to their offspring. after mendel's discoveries were accepted, scientists realized that traits passed to offspring were the result of genes being passed from parents to offspring. this is an example of pls

Sulfur dioxide and oxygen react to form sulfur trioxide during one of the key steps in sulfuric acid synthesis. an industrial chemist studying this reaction fills a 25.0l tank with 4.5 mol of sulfur dioxide gas and 4.5 mol of oxygen gas at 30.°c. he then raises the temperature, and when the mixture has come to equilibrium measures the amount of sulfur trioxide gas to be 1.4 mol. calculate the concentration equilibrium constant for the reaction of sulfur dioxide and oxygen at the final temperature of the mixture. round your answer to 2 significant digits.