{"id":258880,"date":"2025-07-18T14:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=258880"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:32:22","slug":"which-of-the-following-compounds-contains-a-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/18\/which-of-the-following-compounds-contains-a-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following compounds contains a metal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following compounds contains a metal? A) CO2 B) LiCl C) H?O D) CH4 E) PBr3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>B) LiCl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an explanation for why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A) CO2<\/strong> (Carbon dioxide): This compound consists of only carbon (a non-metal) and oxygen (also a non-metal). No metals are involved in the composition of CO2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>B) LiCl<\/strong> (Lithium chloride): Lithium (Li) is an alkali metal, and chloride (Cl) is a non-metal. Since lithium is a metal, LiCl contains a metal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C) H2O<\/strong> (Water): Water consists of hydrogen (a non-metal) and oxygen (a non-metal). There is no metal in this compound.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>D) CH4<\/strong> (Methane): Methane consists of carbon (a non-metal) and hydrogen (a non-metal), so no metal is present.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>E) PBr3<\/strong> (Phosphorus tribromide): Phosphorus (P) is a non-metal, and bromine (Br) is also a non-metal. No metal is involved in this compound.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LiCl<\/strong> is the only compound in this list that contains a metal. In LiCl, lithium (Li), being an alkali metal, forms an ionic bond with chloride ions (Cl\u207b). In general, metals like lithium form positive ions (cations) by losing electrons, and these ions interact with non-metals like chlorine to form ionic compounds like LiCl. This ionic bond is what makes LiCl different from the other compounds on the list, which involve only non-metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner9-259.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258881\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following compounds contains a metal? A) CO2 B) LiCl C) H?O D) CH4 E) PBr3 The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is B) LiCl. Here\u2019s an explanation for why: LiCl is the only compound in this list that contains a metal. In LiCl, lithium (Li), being an alkali metal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}