3:quantitive chemistry Flashcards
what are chemical amounts measured in?
moles
what is a mole?
One mole of a substance contains an Avogadro number of particles . One mole of a substance contains the same number of the stated particles, atoms, molecules or ions as one mole of any other substance.
what is the value of the Avogadro constant
6.02 x 10^23
iron has an R.A.M of 56,how much does one mole of iron weigh?
56g
what does the law of conservation of mass state?
during a chemical reaction,no atoms are made or destroyed so the mads lf products is the same as the mass of the reactants
what is the relative formula mass(Mr)?
the Mr of a compound is all the relative atomic masses of the atoms added together
conservation of mass and Mr
Mr of the reactants and Mr of products show how mass is conserved.the Mr of reactants and Mr of the products is the same
why might it seem like mass has increased in a reaction?
most likely because one or more reactants are gas found in air and the products are solids,liquids or aqueous
before the reaction gas is floating around in the air but its not in the reaction vessel so its mass ca’t be accounted for.When the gas reacts to from part of the product,the particles are then contained in the reaction vessel and the total mass of the products increase
why might it seem like mass has decreased in a reaction?
one product is gas and all the reactants are solids ,liquids or aqueous
before the reaction all reactants are contained in the reaction vessel but if the vessel isn’t enclosed then the gas products can escape from as it is formed.Gas expands to fill the container its in so if a vessel isn’t sealed the gas escapes into the air.As it is not in the vessel,its mass can’t be accounted for and the mass of the reactants decrease
what do gas particles try to do in their container?
fill the container its in.
conservation of mass and equations
chemical reactions can be represented by equations which are balanced in terms of number of atoms on both sides
how to work out the balanced symbol equation for a reaction if you know the masses of the reactants and products?[4]
- divide mass of each substance by relative formula mass to find mes
- divide number of moles of each by smallest number of moles in reaction
- multiply all numbers by same amount if one number isn’t whole
- write balanced equation by putting these numbers in front of the symbol
what is a limiting reactant?
in a chemical reaction involving two reactants it is common to use an excess of one reactant to ensure that all of the other reactant is used up.The reactant that is completely used up is the limiting reactant(limits amount of product formed)
limiting reactant and product?
amount of limiting reactant is directly proportional to amount of limiting reactant.(so if in one reaction 3g of the limiting reactant was used but in a different reaction 3x as much of the limiting reactant was used,the amount of product formed would also go up by 3x)
calculating the mass of a product using the mass of the limiting reactant[5]
- write out the balanced equation
- work out the relative formula mass of the limiting reactant and product you want
- work out moles of limiting reactant(using moles equation)
- use balanced symbol equation to work out number of moles for the product (so if the reactant:product was at a 1:2 ratio then the product would have double the number of moles)
- calculate mass(using rearranged moles equation)