C3 Flashcards
What is the law of conservation of mass?
No atoms are lost or made during a chemical reaction so the mass of products equal the mass of reactants
What are ionic compounds made of?
Metals reacting with non metals
Metals form what ions?
Positive
What are negative ions typically formed from?
Metals
What is iron an example of?
A transition metal
What are transitions metals?
Groups of elements in the periodic table that have unique properties and are found in the middle of the table
Examples of metal ions that are positive
Hydrogen - H+
Ammonium - NH*4+
In an ionic compound the charged of the overall ions have to what?
Cancel out to leave an overall charge of zero
How do you calculate percentage by mass of an element?
Total relative atomic mass of the atoms
———————————— x 100
Relative formula mass (Mr) of compound
What is avagadros number?
6.02 x 10 ^23
What is the relative formula mass?
The mass of a compound is the sum of the relative atomic masses of the atoms in the numbers shown in the formula
What does the percentage by mass tell us?
What percentage of the relative formula mass is due to one of the elements in a compound
What is the equation for the number of moles?
Mass / relative atomic mass
What is the limiting reactant?
The reactant that is fully used up
If one mole of magnesium is required to make one mole of magnesium chloride, but we use 0.5 moles of magnesium. How many moles of magnesium chloride will we make?
0.5 moles