Aleks Module Answers
Question: Fahrenheit Equation
Answer: Tf=(Tc x 9℉/5℃) + 32℉
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Question: Celsius Equation
Answer: Tc= 5℃/9℉ (Tf - 32℉)
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Question: More Equations
Answer: Ep=h x v
c=weird symbol x v
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Question: Average Velocity of a Gas Particle
Answer: Vrms = square root (3RT/MM)
R= gas law constant
T= temperature
MM= molar mass of gas particles
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Question: Base for log
Answer: It is 10
10^5
log10(100,000)=5
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Question: Base for ln
Answer: e
Euler's number
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Question: Rules for Counting Significant Figures
Answer: 1. Any non-zero digit in a measurement is significant (11325 has 5 sig figs)
2. Zeros between non-zero digits are considered significant (4003 has 4 sig figs)
3. Zeros to the left of the first non-zero digit are insignificant (0.072 has 2 sig figs)
4. Zeros to the right of the non-zero digits are significant only when the number contains a decimal point (400.0g has 3 sig figs whereas 400g only has 1 sig fig)
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Question: Form of Scientific Notation
Answer: N x 10^M
N is a number between 1.000 and 9.999
Ex: 400 = 4.0 x 10^2
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Question: Rules for Using Significant Figures
Answer: Multiplication/Division: must have same number of sig figs as lowest number
Addition/Subtraction: last common place rule
Logarithms: numbers after decimal are significant. Round answer to whole
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Question: SI Prefixes
Answer: Factor = Prefix
10^12 = tera (T)
10^9 = giga (G)
10^6 = mega (M)
10^3 = kilo (K)
10^-2 = centi (c)
10^-3 = milli (m)
10^-6 = micro (µ)
10^-9 = nano (n)
10^-12 = pico (p)
10^-15 = femto (f)
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Question: Rule of Thumb for Prefix Conversion
Answer: If the prefix gets smaller, the number should get bigger. If the prefex gets bigger, the number should get smaller.
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Question: Conversion Factor
Answer: an equality showing the same measurement expressed in two different units
Some conversion factors:
1 ft = 12 in
2.54 cm = 1 in
3.785 L = 1 gallon
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Question: Celsius to Kelvin Equation
Answer: K = ℃ + 273.15
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Question: Kelvin to Celsius Equation
Answer: C = K - 273.15
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Question: Freezing Point of water on the Kelvin scale
Answer: 273.15
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Question: Density
Answer: the ratio of the mass of a substance contained in its volume
D = M/V
Density Units:
Solid; g/cm^3
Liquid; g/mL
Gas; g/L
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Question: Scientific Method
Answer: Process of studying natural phenomenon
Steps:
Making onservations --> Forming hypotheses --> Preforming experiments
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Question: Qualitative Observation
Answer: Subjective and can be made using one of the five senses
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Question: Quantitative Observation
Answer: objective and involves a number and a unit
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Question: Hypothesis
Answer: proposed explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested
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Question: Dependent Variable
Answer: a variable (often denoted by y) whose value depends on that of another.
There is always one
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Question: Independent Variable
Answer: a variable (often denoted by x ) whose variation does not depend on that of another.
There is 1+
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Question: Experiment
Answer: determines the effect on the dependent variable when a change is made to an independent variable.
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Question: Scientific Theory
Answer: gives an overall explanation of a natural phenomenon (why/how something happens)
Analytical statement
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Question: Natural Law
Answer: explains behavior when the same observations occur repeatedly through an extensive set of experiment
calculates what happened
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Question: Matter
Answer: anything that has mass and takes up space
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Question: Solid
Answer: definite shape/volume
particles have least amount of energy and are fixed in place
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Question: Liquid
Answer: definite volume
no specific shape
particles = more energy
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Question: Gas
Answer: no definite shape/volume
particles have most energy
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Question: Pure Substance
Answer: consists of matter that has a fixed or constant composition
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Question: Compound
Answer: Ex: H2O
Can be chemically separated into elements
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Question: Elements
Answer: Ex: H2, O2
Combine chemically to create compounds
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Question: Mixture
Answer: composed of 2+ pure substances in any physical state
Variable composition
Can be physically separated into their composite substances
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Question: Homogeneous Mixture
Answer: uniform composition throughout mixture sample
solutions
gas, metal alloys, and air
all homogeneous mixtures exist in a single phase
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Question: Heterogeneous Mixture
Answer: consists of components which have localized regions of each pure substance within the mixture
Ex: supreme pizza. Distribution of ingredients = not uniform
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Question: Property
Answer: any characteristic that can be used to describe or identify matter
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Question: Chemical Property
Answer: involve a change in the sample's chemical make-up
Example: the heat of combustion of a substance determines how much heat is released when a particular substance is burned
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Question: Physical Property
Answer: attributes that can be measured without changing the sample's chemical make-up
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Question: Extensive Property
Answer: depends on the amount of matter in the sample
examples: size, shape, mass, and volume
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Question: Intensive Property
Answer: does NOT depend on the amount of matter in the sample
examples: ductility, malleability, density, color, and boiling point (but, when stretching gold, overall length and diameter are extensive properties)
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Question: Physical Change
Answer: occur between any 3 state of matter and all changes are intensive
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Question: Physical States and Phase Changes
Answer: Solid sublimation to gas, gas condensation to liquid, liquid to freezing solid.
Solid melting to liquid, liquid vaporization to gas, gas sublimation to solid.
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Question: Distillation
Answer: utilized to separate different liquids from a solution based upon their boiling point.
substances with lowest boiling point will vaporize first
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Question: Filtration
Answer: utilized to separate a heterogeneous mixture that consists of a solid and a liquid.
poor mixture over filtration paper, paper catches solid, liquid passes through paper
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Question: Chromatography
Answer: utilized to separate components of a liquid solution of a gaseous solutions.
utilizes 2 different states of matter
-stationary phase - solid
-mobile phase - liquid or gas
components separate depending on their similarity or affinity for each phase
-high affinity for mobile = move quickly through chromatography
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Question: John Dalton's Four Major Claims about the Nature of Atoms
Answer: 1. Elements are made of atoms.
2. Atoms of each element are identical to each other, but different from the atoms of other elements.
3. Chemical compounds are formed by atoms of different elements coming together in a fixed ratio.
4. Chemical reactions involve the reorganization of atoms moving from one compound to another.
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Question: Antoine Lavoisier
Answer: experimental verification of the Law of Conservation of Mass (mass is not created nor destroyed in chemical reaction)
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Question: Joseph Proust
Answer: Law of Definite Proportions (a given compound always contatins exactly the same ratio of elements, by mass)
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Question: John Dalton
Answer: Law of Multiple Proportions (whenever 2 elements form a series of compounds, the ratios of the masses of the second element that combine with exactly one gram of the first element can always be reduced to small, whole numbers)
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Question: J.J. Thomson
Answer: Cathode Ray Tubes Experiment
Discovered electrons
Charge to mass ratio: 1g e^- = -1.76 x 10^8 C
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Question: Robert Millikan
Answer: Oil Drop Experiment
Mass: 9.11 x 10^-31 kg
Discovered the charge of electrons:
1 electron = -1.60 x 10^-19 C
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Question: Ernest Rutherford
Answer: Gold Foil Experiment
Discovered the nucleus
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Question: James Chadwick
Answer: Beryllium Bombardment Experiment
Discovered neutrons
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Question: Periodic Table
Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev (1872)
Period: rows - order
Group: columns - contain elements with similar properties and reactivities
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Question: Group Names
Answer: Group 1A: Alkali Metals (highly reactive solids (salts))
Group 2A: Alkaline Earth Metals (reactive solids, create alkaline solutions in water)
Group 5A: Pnictogen ("choking")
Group 6A: Chalcogens ("born from copper")
Group 7A: Halogens (reactive and form metal when exposed to salt) ("salt forming")
Group 8A: Nobel Gases (rarely react, all gases)
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Question: Elemental Symbol
Answer: shiny, malleable, ductile, lose electrons easily
1A, 2A, not Hydrogen, transition, rare earth elements, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Sn, Pb, and Bi
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Question: Metal
Answer: more likely to gain electrons, exist in all three states
Hydrogen and elements in right corner, C, N, o, P, S, Se, 7A, and 8A
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Question: Nonmetal
Answer: all solid, hold properties of both
B, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te
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Question: Metalloid
Answer: way atoms are arranged in element
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Question: Allotrope
Answer: elements that exist in pairs of atoms
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Hydrogen
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Question: Diatomic
Answer: an atom/molecule with a net charge due to loss/gain of electrons
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Question: Ion
Answer: positive (lose electrons)
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Question: Cation
Answer: negative (gain electrons)
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Question: Anion
Answer: Group 1A: 1+ Cation
Group 2A: 2+ Cation
Group 3A: 3+ Cation
Group 5A: 3- Anion
Group 6A: 2- Anion
Group 7A: 1- Anion
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Question: Ionic Charges for each Group
Answer: Fe^2+ = iron (II) ion
Mn^4+ = Manganese (IV) ion
Cl^- = Chloride
O^2- = Oxide
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Question: Examples of Naming Ions
Answer: make flashcards by hand
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Question: Polyatomic Ions
Answer: make flashcards by hand
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Question: Ionic Nomenclature
Answer: made from 2+ atoms
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Question: Molecule
Answer: Look at the type of atom used to make them
Ionic:
Metal and nonmetal or at least one polyatomic ion
Fixed ratio of ions
Covalent: only nonmetals
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Question: How can you determine if a compound is ionic or covalent?
Answer: Number of Atoms = Prefix
1 = Mono
2 = Di
3 = Tri
4 = Tetra
5 = Penta
6 = Hexa
7 = Hepta
8 = Octa
9 = Nona
10 = Deca
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Question: Prefixes for Naming Covalent Compounds
Answer: NO = nitrogen monoxide
NO2 = nitogen dioxide
N2O = dinitrogen monoxide
N2O4 = dinitrogen tetroxide
Boron trichloride = BCl3
Tetraphophorus heptasulfide = P4S7
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Question: Examples of Naming Covalent Compounds
Answer: atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons
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Question: Isotope
Answer: Carbon-12
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Question: Isotopic Symbols
Answer: look at notes
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Question: What isotope is the standard for the atomic mass unit (amu)?
Answer: the amount of a chemical substance that contains as many representative particles, atoms, etc as there are atoms in exactly 12g of Carbon-12
1 atom ^12C = 12 amu
12.01gC = 1 mol C
1 mol ^12C = 12g ^12C
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Question: How to solve for average atomic mass of elements and percent abundances of elemental isotopes
Answer: NA = 6.022 x 10^23g
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Question: Mole
Answer: 12 amu
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Question: Avagrado's Number
Answer: 12.01g
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Question: Atomic Mass of ^12C
Answer: substances you have before the chemical equation
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Question: Molar Mass of Carbon
Answer: formed during chemical reactions
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Question: Reactants
Answer: 1. Write the correct formula(s) for the reactants on the left side of the arrow and the correct formula(s) for the products on the right side of the equation.
2. Change the numbers IN FRONT of the formulas (called coefficients) to make the number of atoms of each element the same on both sides of the equations.
DO NOT CHANGE THE SUBSCRIPTS
3. Balance those elements that are in the more complex compounds (polyatomic-containing ionic compounds or large covalent compounds)
CHECK TO SEE IF POLYATOMIC IONS STAY TOGETHER
4. Balance the simple compounds last (molecular diatomics or single elements)
5. Check to make sure that the same number of each type of atom is equivalent on both sides
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Question: Products
Answer: grams
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Question: Rules for Balancing Chemical Equations
Answer: Particles --(Avagrado's #)--> moles --(molar mass)--> mass
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Question: What are the units of molar mass?
Answer: Coefficients in a chemical equation tell us the ration of how reactants are used up and how products are formed
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Question: Mass to Mole to Particle Conversions
Answer: 1. Have a balanced chemical equation. If you do not already have a balanced chemical equation, this will always be your first step in a stoichiometric calculation.
2. Convert the sample's mass into moles. This can be done using molar mass of the original species.
3. Convert the moles of you known species into moles of your desired compound. We can do this by using the coefficients in the balanced equation as a molar ratio.
(mol of what you want) / (mol of what you had)
4. Convert the moles of target compound into mass using its molar mass.
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