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Chemistry and Physics Flashcards

1
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What is an ionic bond?

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Complete transfer of valence electron, leaving one atom with a positive charge and the other with a negative charge

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Which types of compounds tend to form ionic bonds?

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Metals
Acids
Bases

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3
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Describe covalent bonds

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Sharing of an electron between two atoms. Can be single or double bonded

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4
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Describe polar covalent bonds

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The shared electron is held more closely by one atom than the other, creating a negative and a positive end (e.g. water)

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5
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What are van der Waal’s forces?

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very weak intermolecular forces that hold similar molecules together

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6
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List the types of molecular bonds in order from strongest to weakest

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Ionic > Covalent > H2 > VdW

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7
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Describe Dalton’s Law

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Partial Pressures

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7
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What determines an atom’s atomic number?

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The number of protons

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8
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Describe Henry’s Law

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Solubility is directly proportional to partial pressure of that gas over the solution

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9
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What are the applications of Henry’s Law?

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Overpressuring the vaporizer

Increasing the FiO2 to increase PaO2

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10
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Describe Fick’s Law

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Diffusion through a tissue medium

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11
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What are the applications of Fick’s Law?

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Cardiac output calculation

Placental drug transfer

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12
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What are the applications of Graham’s Law?

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second gas effect

turbulence of gas flow through annular space is dependent on the gas’s density

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12
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Describe Graham’s Law

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“Graham talks about grams”

the molecular weight of a gas determines how quickly it can diffuse through a membrane

Smaller molecules diffuse faster than larger molecules

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12
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Describe Boyle’s Law

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Volume and Pressure and inversely proportional

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13
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What are applications of Boyle’s Law?

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Pneumatic Bellows
the Diaphragm

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14
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What is Charles’ Law?

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Temperature and Volume
are directly proportional

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15
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Describe Gay-Lussac’s Law

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Temperature and Pressure
are directly proportional

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16
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What is the ideal gas law?

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Combines Boyles/Charles/GL laws

PV = nRT

OR

P = T/V

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17
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Describe Ohm’s Law

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18
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Describe Poiseuille’s Law

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modification of Ohm’s law that incorporates vessel length, diameter, and viscosity

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19
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Doubling the radius increases flow by:

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16x

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20
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Tripling the radius increases flow by:

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81x

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21
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What are applications of Poiseuille’s Law?

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Anything relating:
Vessel size (Selecting a large bore IV)
Viscosity (Polycythemia decreases flow)
and diameter (Carotid stenosis reduces flow)

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22
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Laminar flow is dependent on:

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gas viscosity (this is Poiseuille’s law)

23
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Turbulent flow is determined by:

A

gas density (this is Graham’s Law: the speed with which a gas moves is inversely related to its density)

Turbulent: Graham’s
Laminar: Pouiseille’s

24
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Gas flow through the ______ is laminar

A

terminal bronchioles

25
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Gas flow through the ______ is turbulent

A

Glottis
carina
Medium Bronchioles

26
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Laminar flow occurs with a Re of _________

A

< 2000

27
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Turbulent flow occurs with a Re of ________

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> 4000

28
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Turbulent flow tends to be created by:

A

Change in orifice to a narrow diameter

High gas flow

Acute angle in the tube

Branching in the tube

29
Q

Why does heliox improve flow?

A

Turbulent flow (created during an asthma attack) is dependent on gas density. We use a lower density gas to increase laminar flow

30
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When is helium not helpful?

A

If flow is already laminar it won’t make any difference

31
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The venturi effect is an application of ______

A

The bernoulli principle

32
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Describe Bernoulli’s principle

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If a fluid’s velocity is high, the pressure exerted on the walls will be low

If a fluid’s velocity is low, the pressure exerted on the walls will be high

33
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Describe the Venturi effect

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As airflow in a tube moves past a point of constriction , the pressure decreases below atmospheric pressure, entraining more air

34
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What are clinical applications of the Venturi effect?

A

Jet ventilation
Venturi mask
nebulizers

35
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What is the Coanda effect?

A

Jet flow tends to attach itself to a nearby surface and flow along that surface, even after if curves away from the initial flow

36
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What is a clinical example of the coanda effect?

A

the wall-hugging jets that develop in mitral regurgitation

37
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A

Bernoulli

38
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A

Venturi

39
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Coanda

40
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Describe the inverse square law

A

The amount of radiation exposure is inversely proportional to the square of the distance of the sources

41
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What are the three ways to limit exposure to radiation?

A

Distance
Duration
Shielding

42
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The minimum safe distance from a radiation source is:

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6 feet

43
Q

What is a roentgen?

A

How we quantify exposure

44
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what is rem?

A

The roentgen equivalent in man

Relates the amount of exposure to the effective likely biological damage

45
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What is the yearly maximum radiation exposure for adults?

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5 rem

46
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In a nonpregnant person which organs are most susceptible to damage from radiation?

A

The eye and the thyroid

47
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What is the latent heat of evaporation?

A

calories required to convert 1g of liquid to vapor WITHOUT a temperature change

48
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What is the boiling point?

A

temperature at which vapor pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure

49
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What is specific heat?

A

Amount of heat required to increase the temperature of 1g of a substance by 1 degree C

50
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What is critical temperature?

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Highest temperature a gas can exist as a liquid

51
Q

How do you convert between Kelvin and Celsius?

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52
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How do you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?

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53
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1 cm H20 = __ mmHg

A

0.74 mmHg

54
Q

1mmHg = ____ cmH2O

A

1.36 cm H2O

55
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1 atm =

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56
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What is Avogadro’s number?

A

6.02 x 10 ^ 23

57
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What is the law of LaPlace in spheres and cylinders?

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