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1
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How do you calculate the mass of a substance?

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M = n x G

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How do you calculate the number of moles?

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n = M / G   
or  
n = C x V 
or
n = Vg / Vm
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How do you calculate the volume of solution in Litres?

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V = N / C

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4
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How to calculate percentage yield:

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Actual yield
————————- x 100
theoretical yield

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How to calculate atom economy:

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mass of desired product(s)
—————————————– x 100
total mass of reactants

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How do you calculate energy required to heat water? (Eh)

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Eh = c x m x ΔT

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What does C stand for? (in “Eh = c x m x ΔT” equation)

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specific heat capacity of water; 4.18

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What does M stand for? (in “Eh = c x m x ΔT” equation)

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mass of water heated in kg

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What does ΔT stand for?

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temperature change of the water

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What is enthalpy of combustion?

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the enthalpy change when 1 mole of a substance burns completely in oxygen

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What does it mean when ΔH is negative?

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an Exothermic reaction has occurred; energy is lost during the reaction

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What does it mean when ΔH is positive?

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an endothermic reaction has occurred, energy is absorbed during the reaction

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13
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combustion reactions are always what?

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exothermic

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14
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What are the reasons why all the heat released by burning an alcohol was not taken up by water? (3)

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  • the container and the surrounding became hot
  • water lost heat to the surroundings
  • the ethanol did not burn completely
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When an ionic substance is dissolved in water, two processes occur which include:

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  • the ionic lattice gets broken apart-this requires energy- endothermic
  • water molecules bond to the ions due to the polarity of water molecules - this releases energy - exothermic
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16
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What is enthalpy of solution? ΔHsoln

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the enthalpy change that occurs when 1 mole of a substance dissolves completely in water

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What is enthalpy of neutralisation? ΔHneut

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the enthalpy change per mole of water when an acid is neutralised by an alkali

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18
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What does the enthalpy change for a reaction depend on?

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quantity of reactants and products

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19
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What is Hess’s law?

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the overall enthalpy change in a reaction, or sequences of reactions, depends only on the reactants and products and not on the route taken

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20
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What is the equation for Hess’s law?

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ΔH1 = ΔH2a + ΔH2b

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21
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What happens to energy when free atoms form covalent bonds? and what is this called?

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energy is released 
Bond enthalpy (energy)
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22
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What is bond dissociation enthalpy?

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when the same quantity of energy has to be input to break the covalent bond in a mole of H2 molecules to produce 2 moles of free hydrogen atoms
- reverse reaction (endothermic)

23
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What is mean bond enthalpy?

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when considering the energy associated with a covalent bond in compound

24
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What is bond enthalpy?

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the energy released (exothermic) when one mole of covalent bonds if formed from free atoms in the gaseous state

25
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What is oxidation?

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gain of oxygen or loss of electrons

26
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What is reduction?

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loss of oxygen or gain of electrons

27
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What is a redox reaction?

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when a reduction and oxidation reaction always takes place together as electrons transfer from one reactant to the other

28
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What is an oxidising agent?

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a chemical which acts on another substance to oxidise it. an oxidising agent is reduced during the reaction

29
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What is a reducing agent?

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a chemical which acts on another substance to reduce it. a reducing agent is oxidised during the reaction

30
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In the electrochemical series, what letter (shape) is shown when forming a redox reaction?

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“z”

31
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In the electrochemical series, what happens to the higher reaction?

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it is written in reverse and is oxidised

  • oxidation reaction
  • reducing agent (electron donor)
32
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In the electrochemical series, what happens to the lower reaction?

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Its written the same way as the book and is reduced

  • reduction reaction
  • oxidising agent (electron acceptor)
33
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What does electron transfer involve? and when does it take place?

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has to involve one substance donating electrons and another substance accepting electrons, it takes place during a redox reaction

34
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In a redox reaction, what is a reducing agent described as??

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the electron donor

35
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In a redox reaction, what is an oxidising agent described as?

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electron acceptor

36
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Which group are described as strong oxidising agents (electron acceptors)?

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the halogens

37
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Before two ion-electron half equations can be combined, which two conditions must be met?

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  • one equation must be for an oxidation change and the other must be for a reduction change
  • the number of electrons in each equation must be made the same
38
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What are the 4 steps (in order) for creating an ion-electron equation from scratch?

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step 1 - balance the non-oxygen symbols
step 2 - balance the oxygen by adding water (H20)
step 3 - balance the hydrogen by adding H+
step 4 - balance the charges by introducing electrons

39
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What is a standard solution?

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a solution of accurately known concentration

40
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What does ⇄ mean?

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the reaction can go in either reaction

41
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What does chemical equilibrium involve?

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two-way reactions known as reversible reactions

42
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What is chemical equilibrium?

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eventually the rate of the backward reaction will equal the rate of the forward reaction. from then on the concentration of all substances in the reaction remain constant

43
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What is chemical equilibrium described as?

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dynamic equilibrium

44
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What happens to the position of equilibrium if the equilibrium mixture contains a greater proportion of products than reactants?

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lies to the right

45
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What happens to the position of equilibrium if the equilibrium mixture contains a greater proportion of reactants than products?

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lies to the left

46
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What is a closed system?

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when a reaction is carried out in a sealed container to prevent any loss of chemicals, or addition of chemicals to the reaction

47
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What is dissociation or ionisation of water?

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when the position of the equilibrium lies well to the left, it is 99.9999% covalent and only contains a trace amount of ions

48
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What are the rates of most chemical reactions altered by?

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  • changing the concentration
  • increasing the temperature
  • adding a catalyst
  • altering the pressure
49
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What is stated in Le Chatelier’s principle?

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an equilibrium system always changes to reduce the effect of any outside change made on it

50
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What effect on equilibrium mixture does increasing the concentration of any reactant have?

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it increases the concentration of the products

51
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What effect on equilibrium mixture does increasing the temperature have?

A

it shifts the position of equilibrium in the endothermic direction

52
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What effect on equilibrium mixture does increasing the pressure have?

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it shifts the position of equilibrium in the direction of smaller gas volumes

53
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What effect on equilibrium mixture does adding a catalyst have?

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it has no effect on the equilibrium position but allows it to be reached faster

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