Chem 1 Flashcards
Pressure is the measure of
Force exerted on a unit area of surface
SI unit for pressure
Newtons per square meter
Newtons per square meter aka
Pascals
Pascals aka
Pa
More commonly used unit for newtons per square meter (2)
Pascals
Atmospheres
Atmospheres aka
Atm
kPa stands for
kiloPascal
1,000 Pa =
1kPa
1 atm = _ Pa
101,325
Standard atmospheric pressure is
Actual pressure at sea level
Standard atmospheric pressure defined as
101.3 kPa
All _ digits are significant (significant figures)
Non-zero (452 mL has three significant figures)
Zero values that are _ are significant (significant figures)
Sandwiched between nonzero digits
When sandwiched, _ make zero still count (significant figures)
Decimals (8.04 has three sig figures)
0.35 has _ sig figures
2
0.09800 has _ sig figures
4
0.098 has _ sig figs
2
If a decimal is present, read from _ to _ ()
Left
Right
(0.09800 has 4 sig figs)
If a decimal is present, read from _ to _ ()
Left
Right
6.00 g has three significant figures
If decimal point is not present, read _ to _
Right
Left
(580 has two sig figs)
6060 g has _ sig figs
Three
500 mg has _ sig fig
1
What significant figures signify
Estimation (population 360,000,000 the zeros are insignificant because not exactly population of 360 million)