Unit 3 - Chemistry in Society Flashcards
What are industrial process designed to do?
Maximise profit
Minimise impact on environment
What are the five factors affecting process design?
Availability, sustainability and cost of feedstocks Opportunities for recycling Energy requirements Marketability of by-products Product yield
What is a raw material?
An organic/natural substance
Give an example of a raw material.
Metal ores
Oxygen
Fossil fuels
What is a feedstock?
What we can get from a raw material
Give an example of a feedstock?
Iron
Crude Oil
What is the formula to find mass in grams?
m = n x gfm
What is the formula to find number of moles?
n = c x v
How do you scale products and reactants?
Divide by original no, times by new number
Why are percentage yields carried out?
To ensure the production is economically viable
How do you calculate the percentage yield?
Balance
Scale
= Theoretical
% = Actual/Theoretical x 100
How do you work out what is limiting and what is in excess?
Mole ratio
Find no of moles through double calculation = have
Refer to mole ratio to scale = need
Have __moles of __, need __moles therefore __is limiting and __ is in excess
Why atom economy calculated?
To see how much of the reactants are converted into desired products
How would you work out the atom economy of a reaction?
Write mole ratio
Find gfm of each compound and scale with its own ratio
%AE = mass of desired products/total mass of reactants x 100
What are the four ways to control the rate of a reaction?
Temperature
Particle size/surface area
Concentration
Catalysts
What is activation energy?
The minimum quantity of energy required to start a reaction
What increases the rate of reaction?
Increased concentration
Increased temperature
Increased surface area/Decreased particle size
Use of a catalyst
Why does increasing concentration increase the rate of reaction?
Increasing the concentration increase the number of reactant particles present, so more successful collisions will occur
Why does increasing the temperature increase the rate of reaction?
Particles move faster and collide with more particles at a greater force, so the number of successful collisions increases
In a graph, how is an increase of temperature shown in terms of activation energy?
Graph moves to the right and the peak becomes flatter/shorter
In a graph, how is an decrease of temperature shown in terms of activation energy?
Graph moves to the left and the peak is higher
How do catalysts increase the rate of reaction?
By lowering the activation energy
How do you show the effect of a catalyst on a energy particle graph?
Move the activation energy line towards the y axis
What are the two conditions for a successful collision to occur?
Correct collision geometry
Kinetic energy equal to or greater than the activation energy
In terms of gases, how does pressure affect reaction rate?
Increased pressure = less space between particles = increased rate
Decreased pressure = more space between particles = decreased rate
How do you calculate the rate of reaction?
R = 1/t