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Module 2 - Foundations of Chemistry Flashcards

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What was the Plum Pudding Model?

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The model that proposed that atoms were actually made up of negative electrons floating around in a “sea” of positive charge.

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What was Ernest Rutherford’s Gold Foil experiment, and what were the results?

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  • Directing alpha particles towards a thin sheet of gold leaf, measuring direction + deflection of particles.
  • Most particles were not deflected, some were deflected at large angles, and some were deflected back towards the source.
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What are the relative masses of a proton, neutron, and electron?

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1 for Proton
1 for Neutron
1/2000 for electron (basically 0)

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What are the relative charges of a proton, neutron, and electron?

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1 for Proton
0 for Neutron
-1 for Electron

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What is an isotope?

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A substance with the same number of electrons and protons as a certain element, but a different number of neutrons.

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What does atomic number mean?

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Number of protons or number of electrons of a certain element.

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What does mass number mean?

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Number of protons + Number of neutrons of an element.

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What is Relative Atomic Mass?

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The weighted mean mass of an element relative to 1/12th of a Carbon-12 isotope.

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What is Mass Spectrometry?

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Determining the mass of a molecule or isotope by measuring the mass to charge ratio of ions

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How does mass spectrometry work?

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The spectrometer causes substances to become positive ions, and as they travel down the apparatus they are seperated based on mass and relative charge.

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11
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How is mass/charge ratio shown?

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m/z
m = mass
z = charge of ion (usually 1)

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What is the formula for Nitrate, Hydroxide, and Carbonate?

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NO3 - = nitrate
OH- = Hydroxide
CO3 2- = Carbonate

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13
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What is the formula for Sulfate and Ammonium?

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SO4 2- = Sulfate

NH4 + = ammonium

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14
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What is Avagadro’s Constant?

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number of particles per mole, 6.02 x10^23

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15
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what is the formula for mass, mols, and RFM?

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Mols = Mass / RFM

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16
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What is the empirical formula?

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The simplest ratio of atoms within a chemical compound.

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What is the molecular formula?

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The number of each atom that makes up a certain molecule

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18
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What is the Ideal Gas Equation?

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PV = nRT
P = pressure
V = volume
n = mols
R= gas constant (8.314 J/mol-1 K-1)
T = temperature
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19
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How do you convert cm^3 to dm^3?

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Divide by 1000

e.g. 24.0dm^3 = 24000cm^3

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20
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What is the formula linking mols, concentration, and volume?

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n = c x V

V in dm^3

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What does Concentrated mean?

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large amount of solute per dm^3 in a solution

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What does Dilute mean?

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small amount of solute per dm^3 in a solution

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23
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What is a giant structure in a chemical equation?

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When many atoms or ions join together in a repeating fashion.

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24
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What is percentage yield?

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The percentatge value of desired products created

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25
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What is the equation for percentage yield?

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percentage yield = actual amount of product (mols)/ theoretical amount of product (mols) x 100

26
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Why would the percentage yield not be 100%?

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  • reactants may be impure
  • reaction may be at equilibrium and not complete
  • side reactions may occur, which creates by-products
  • seperation and purification may result in the loss of some of the product.
27
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What is atom economy?

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it describes the efficiency of the reaction in terms of all the atoms involved.

28
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What is the equation for atom economy?

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Atom economy = molecular mass of desired product / sum of molecular masses of all products x 100

29
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How can atom economy benefit society?

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By using processes with higher atom economy, we reduce the amount of chemical waste produced, which is harmful for the environment.

30
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True or False - Addition reactions will always have an atom economy of 100%

31
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True or False - Substitution or Elimination reactions will always have an atom economy of 100%

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False - the atom economy will always be less than 100%, as there is always a waste product.

32
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What is the formula for nitric acid?

33
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What is the formula for sulfuric acid?

34
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What is the formula for Hydrochloric acid?

35
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What is the formula for ethanoic acid?

36
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What is an Acid?

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a proton donor with a pH less than 7, typically having H+ ions present

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What is an Alkali?

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a proton acceptor with a pH more than 7, typically having OH- ions present.

38
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What is the difference between a strong and weak acid?

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A strong acid fully dissociates with it’s H+ ions, whereas a weak acid only partially dissociates with it’s H+ ions.

39
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What are examples of an Acid?

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nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, citric acid, ethanoic acid, sulfuric acid, etc.

40
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What are examples of an Alkali?

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Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH), Potassium Hydroxide (KOH), Ammonia (NH3), etc.

41
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What is a substance that can behave as an acid and a base called?

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Amphoteric Substances - e.g. glycine, which has a carboxyl group that can donate a proton, and an amino acid group that can accept a proton.

42
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What is a salt?

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  • cation usually a metal ion or ammonium ion (NH4 +)
  • anion usually derived from an acid
  • formula of a salt usually same as that of a parent acid.
43
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How are salts formed?

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When an acid is neutralised by a base, e.g.

  • carbonates
  • metal oxides
  • alkalis
44
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What do the terms anhydrous and hydrated mean?

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anhydrous - form containing no water
hydrated - crystalline form containing water
(e.g. copper sulphate can exist as either hydrated or anhydrous)

45
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What is the dot formula?

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shows the ratio between the number of compound molecules and number of water molecules within a crystalline structure.

46
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What is a Titration?

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measuring the volume of one solution that reacts with a measured volume of another solution.

47
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What indicator do you use in a titration?

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Methyl Orange, as it turns red in acidic solutions and yellow in basic solutions.

48
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What is an oxidation number?

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The number of electrons that an atom uses to bond with atoms of another element.

49
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What is the oxidation number of an uncombined element

50
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What is the oxidation number of combined oxygen

51
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What is the oxidation number of combined oxygen in peroxides

52
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What is the oxidation number of combined hydrogen

53
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What is the oxidation number of combined hydrogen in metal hydrides

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  • 1

e. g. LiH

54
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What is the oxidation number of a simple ion

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the same as the charge of the ion
e.g. Na+ = +1
Mg2+ = +2

55
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What is the oxidation number of combined fluorine

56
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What is the oxidation number of compounds

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if it has an overall charge of 0, the oxidation number is 0

57
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What is the oxidation number of molecular ions

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the charge of the molecule

e.g. CO3 2- = -2

58
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What is oxidation

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The gain of oxygen, and the loss of electrons

59
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what is reduction

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The loss of oxygen, but the gain of electrons

60
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What is a redox reaction

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A reaction in which both oxidisation and reduction takes place

61
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True or False: Reduction is a decrease in oxidation number, whereas Oxidation is an increase in oxidation number.

Chemistry A-Level Robision (4 decks)

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