Chemistry: Energy Flashcards
Matter
Anything that has mass and occupies space
- weight-pull of gravity in mass
- States of Matter: Solid,Liquid, Gas
Energy
- Capacity to for work or put matter into motion
- Types: Kinetic, Potential
-Energy can be transferred
Chemical Energy
Stored in bonds of chemical substances
Electrical Energy
Results from movement of charged particles
Mechanical Energy
Directly involved in moving matter
Radiant or electromagnetic energy
Travels in waves
Atomic structure
- Protons, Neutrons, Electrons
- P & N found in nucleus
- E orbit the nucleus in a cloud
Atoms
- atomic # = # of protons
- Molecular weight = Protons+ Neutrons
- # of electrons = # of protons
Isotopes
- Structural variation of atoms
- Differ in the number of neurons they contain
- Atomic numbers same; mass numbers different
Atomic Weight
Average of mass numbers of all isotopes if an atom
Election configurations
- the extent to which another atom interacts with others is deterred by the electron configuration
- Filled shell = inert
- Unfilled shell p unstable reactive
What types of elects are found in living organisms?
Unstable, reactive elements
Chemical bonds
- Energy relationships between electrons of reacting atoms
- electrons can occupy up to seven electron shells around the nucleus
- electrons in valance shells
- have the most potential energy
- are chemically reactive
- octet rule
- except for the first shell atoms interact to have eight electrons in their valance shell
Major elements of the human body
- Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen
- makeup 96.1% of body mass
Lesser elements of the human body
- 9 elements make up 3.9% of body mass
- Ca, P, K, S, Na, Cl, Mg, I, Fe
Trace elements in the body
- 11 elements make up <0.01% of body mass
- Cr, Cu, F, Mn, Si, Zn
Chemical composition of cells
Cells are primarily composed of macromolecules, which define the physics and chemistry of the cell
Chemical bonds of cellular molecules
Water is an important chemical component of cell bonds
- polar
-water molecules form hydrogen bonds with each other
-solvent for most cellular molecules
-Reaction or product in biochemical reactions
Mixtures
most matter exists as mixtures
-three types: Solution, Colloids, Suspensions
Solutions
-Homogeneous mixtures
-most are true solutions in the body
- gases, liquid, solid
- Solvent: substance present in great amount
- Solute: Present in smaller amount
Concentration of true solution
- % of solute in total solution
- parts solute per 100 parts solvent
- milligrams per deciliter
- molarity or moles per liter (M)
- 1 mole of any substance contain 6.02x10^23 molecules
- 1 mole of any element = atomic #
Colloids
- heterogeneous mixtures
- large solute particles do not settle out
- some undergo sol-gel transfer
Suspension
- heterogeneous mixtures
- large, visible solutes settlers out
Mixtures
-no chemical bonding between compounds
- can be separated by physical means, such as straining
- Heterogenous or homogeneous