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2. Amount Of Substance Flashcards

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1
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Why are all mass relative to carbon-12?

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1/12 of its relative atomic mass is 1

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How can relative atomic mass (Ar) be defined?

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The weighted average mass of an atom of an element, taking into account its isotopes, relative to 1/12 of the relative atomic mass of an atom of carbon-12

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How can relative atomic mass be calculated?

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average mass of one atom of an element / 1/12 mass of one atom of carbon-12

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How can relative molecular mass (Mr) be defined?

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The mass of that molecule compared to 1/12 of the relative atomic mass of an atom of carbon-12

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How can relative molecular mass be calculated?

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average mass of one molecule / 1/12 mass of one atom of carbon-12

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What do ionic compounds exist as instead of molecules?

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Ionic lattices

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What is used for ionic compounds instead of relative molecular mass?

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Relative formula mass

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Why is relative formula mass used for ionic compounds?

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They form ionic lattices instead of molecules

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9
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What does the formula of an ionic compound show?

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The simplest ratio of ions in the compound

instead of the total number of atoms in the compound

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What is the mole defined as?

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The amount of substance that contains 6.022e23 particles

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How many particles are in one mole of a subtance?

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6.022e23 (electrons, atoms, molecules, ions or compounds)

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What equation is used to work out number of moles (using mass and mr)?

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n = mass / mr

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13
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What is the final answer usually given to?

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3 significant figures

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14
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How many decimal places should Mr be calculated to?

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1

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What is the concentration of a solution?

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The amount of solute present in a fixed quantity of solvent

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16
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What is concentration measured in?

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g/dm³ or mol/dm³

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17
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What is the molarity?

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The concentration (in mol/dm³)

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18
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How can number of moles be calculated (when given conc. and volume)?

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n=cv

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19
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g/dm³ to mol/dm³?

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÷ Mr

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20
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mol/dm³ to g/dm³?

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x Mr

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21
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What is a titration?

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The procedure of reacting volumes

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During a titration, what is placed in the burette?

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The solution of known concentration

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23
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During a titration, what is placed in the conical flask?

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The solution of unknown concentration

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24
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What is the law of conservation of mass?

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Mass of reactants = Mass of products

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25
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What does the volume a gas occupies depend on?

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  • temperature
  • pressure
  • amount of gas
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26
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How does the temperature of a gas influence the volume it occupies?

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The hotter the gas, the faster the particles move and the more space they occupy

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27
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How does the pressure of a gas influence the volume it occupies?

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The higher the pressure, the more compressed the gas will be and the less space it will occupy

28
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How does the amount of a gas influence the volume it occupies?

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The more gas particles there are, the more space they will occupy

29
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What is the ideal gas law?

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One mole of any gas, at the same temperature and pressure, will have the same volume as one mole of any other gas

30
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What is the equation for the ideal gas law?

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PV = nRT

31
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What is pressure measured in for the ideal gas equation?

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Pa

32
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What is volume measured in for the ideal gas equation?

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m³

33
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What is the gas constant measured in for the ideal gas equation?

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J/K mol

34
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What is temperature measured in for the ideal gas equation?

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kelvin, K

35
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How to convert from degrees to kelvin?

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add 273

36
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What is the value of the gas constant, R, in the ideal gas equation?

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8.31 J/K mol

37
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What is 1 atm equal to?

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100,000 Pa

38
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What is the empirical formula of a compound?

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The formula which shows the simplest, whole-number ratio of the atoms in the compound

39
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What is the molecular formula of a substance?

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The formula which shows the number of each type of atom in the one molecule of that substance

40
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What is the molecular formula, relative to the empirical formula?

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The molecular formula is always a simple, whole-number multiple of the empirical formula (and therefore can be the same as the empirical formula)

41
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Why can the percentage of each element in a compound be used as the mass ratio?

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As the empirical formula is a ratio

42
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What can you use if you are not given mass ratios when working out empirical formula?

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The percentage of each element in a compound

43
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How to work out empirical formula?

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  • Find mole ratio by doing mass/mr for each substance in compound
  • divide by smallest value
  • round if near number, if not multiply all to get a whole number ratio
44
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How can molecular formula be found from empirical formula?

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Divide Mr of the compound by Mr of the empirical formula`

45
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What does a chemical reaction equation show?

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  • the identities of all the reactants and products
  • the reaction coefficients
  • state symbols
46
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When balancing equations, what should be done with unchanged species?

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They should be left out e.g. catalysts

47
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What should be balanced first in equations?

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Compounds first; elements second

48
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What does a state symbol show?

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The physical state of each species in the reaction e.g. s, l, g, aq

49
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What are compounds of ions known as?

A

Salts

50
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Do salts form molecules?

A

No - they form giant ionic lattices

51
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Why is the formula representing salts not a molecular formula?

A

They form giant ionic lattices instead of molecules, so a represented using a unit formulae

52
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What is the unit formula of an ionic compound?

A

The formula that shows the simplest whole number ratio in which the ions in the compound exist

53
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What are the ions called that remain in aqueous solution before and after the reaction?

A

Spectator ions

54
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In ionic equations, if an insoluble ionic compound is produced, is the formula written as ions?

A

No - the ions are not free to move

55
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What are ionic equations useful for?

A
  • to simplify precipitation reactions

* to simplify acid-base reactions

56
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Do all reactions between strong acids and alkalis have the same ionic equation?

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Yes

57
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Can covalent compounds be ‘split up’ in ionic equations?

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No - they do not contain ions

58
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What is percentage yield?

A

A comparison of the theoretical maximum yield and the actual yield

59
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What is atom economy?

A

The percentage of the total mass of reactants that can be converted into the desired product

60
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How is percentage yield calculated?

A

(Actual amount of product ÷ theoretical amount of product) x 100

61
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What quantities are used when calculating percentage yield?

A

mols or grams

62
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Why is percentage yield always less than theoretical maximum?

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  • some reactions are reversible - not all reactants end up as products
  • in some reactions products must be isolated from other unwanted products (and some desired products may be lost in isolation methods)
  • some reactions may produce products that go on to produce additional reactions
63
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How is atom economy calculated?

A

(Mr of desired products ÷ sum of molecular mass of all reactants) x 100

64
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In which of atom economy and percentage yield do you have to pay attention to the coefficient before formulae?

A

Atom economy

65
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Advantages of having a higher atom economy?

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economic - more efficient use of raw materials, and less money wasted from producing unwanted by-products from reactants

environmental - produce less waste, and some products are harmful to the environment (high atom economy means less of these products are produced)

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