What would you expect to see if a piece of copper metal is placed in a solution that contains nickel(II) ions? A. copper atoms become copper(II) ions
b. nickel ions become solid nickel
c. no reaction happens
d. a precipitate forms that contains copper and nickel ions

c. no reaction happens

Explanation:

Let me take your mind back to the idea of electrode potentials of metals. Remember that the more negative the electrode potential of a metal, the more reducing the metal is. Metals with more negative electrode potentials displace metals with less negative electrode potentials from their aqueous solutions.

The electrode potential of nickel is -0.25 V while that of copper is +0.34 V. Hence, copper is lower than nickel in the activity series and can not displace it from aqueous solution.

This implies that, if a piece of copper metal is placed in a solution that contains nickel(II) ions, no reaction happens .

c. electrical charges of ionic bonds.

a). in this case, dh> 0 and sd> 0. if t becomes larger, the term "-tds" will become more negative. at some point, it is possible that -dts will be more negative than the dh is positive, and the reaction will become spontaneous. this is probably the correct answer, but you should look at all of the other possibilities and make sure of that.