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CHEM 121
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 1
03/26/2010

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Substances which dissolve in water to produce conduction solutions of ions
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Electrolytes
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Molecular covalent compounds and non-electrolytes are
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Mostly neutral in water
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Substances which do not produce ions in aqueous solutions
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Non-electrolytes
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Compounds that dissociate to a large extent into ions when dissolved in water
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Strong electrolytes
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Compounds that dissociate to a small extent into ions when dissolved in water
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Weak electrolytes
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All substance in the chemical equation are written using their complete formulas as if they were molecules
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Molecular equation
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All of the strong electrolytes are written as ions
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Ionic equation
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The ionic equation is reduced to the ______ by removing the spectator ions which appear on each side
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Net ionic equation
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Ions that undergo no change during the reaction and appear on both sides of the reaction arrow
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Spectator ions
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A substance that dissociates in water to produce hydrogen ions, H+1
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Acid
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A substance that dissociates in water to produce hydroxide ions, OH-1
Definition
Base
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Strong acids and strong bases are _______ electrolytes
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Strong
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Weak acids and weak bases are _______
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electrolytes
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Acids (H+) and bases (OH-) react to produced a
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Neutral water and a salt
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Double-replacement reactions just like the precipitation reactions
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Acid-base neutralization reactions
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Neutralization reactions are
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Ionic
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A value which indicates whether an atom is neutral, electron-rich, or electron-poor
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Oxidation Number
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A monoatomic ion has an oxidation number _____ to its charge
Definition
Identical
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An atom in a polyatomic ion or in a molecular compound usually has the _____ oxidation number it would have if it were a monoatomic ion
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Same
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Halogens usually have an oxidation number of
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-1
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The sum of the oxidation numbers is ____ for a neutral compound and is _____ to the net charge for a polyatomic ion
Definition
0, equal
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Causes reduction, loses one or more electrons, undergoes oxidation, oxidation number of atom increases
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Reducing agent
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causes oxidation, gains one or more electrons, undergoes reduction, oxidation number of atom decreases
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Oxidizing agent
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The periodic table is organized into groups and families because of the organization of _____ in atoms
Definition
Electrons
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Atomic size ________ across a period and ______ down a group
Definition
Decreases, increases
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A wave that is characterized by wavelength, frequency, and amplitude
Definition
Electromagnetic energy
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Frequency and wavelength are ______ related since their product is a constant, the speed of light
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Inversely
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High energy electromagnetic radiation has _____ frequency and ______ wavelength
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High, short
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Einstein recognized the threshold energy (energy required)as the quanta needed to release and electron from _______
Definition
A nucleus
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It is impossible to know precisely where an electron is and what path it follows
Definition
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
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Describes the size and energy level of the orbital, Commonly called the shell, positive integer (n = 1, 2, 3, 4, ...), as the value increases: the energy increases and the average distance of the electron from the nucleus increases
Definition
Principal quantum number (n)
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Defines the three-dimensional shaped of the orbital, commonly called the subshell
Definition
Angular-momentum quantum number (l)
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Defines the spatial orientation of the orbital, there are 2l + 1 values of ___, and they can have any integral value from -l to +l
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Magnetic quantum number (ml)
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Spherical about the nucleus and increase in size with increasing nodes (area of zero probability (wave behavior))
Definition
S orbitals
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Dumbbell shapes about 1 axis. The x-axis represents l = -1 , the y-axis for l = 0 and z-axis for l = +1
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P orbital
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The nuclear charge actually felt by an electron
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Effective nuclear charge (Zeff)
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A description of which orbitals are occupied by electrons
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Electron configuration
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Orbitals that have the same energy level. For examples, the three p orbitals in a given subshell
Definition
Degenerate orbitals
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The lowest-energy configuration
Definition
Ground-state electron configuration
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A guide for determining the filling order of orbitals
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Aufbau principle
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Lower-energy orbitals fill before higher-energy orbitals; and orbital can only hold two electrons, which must have opposite signs; if two or more degenerate orbitals are available, follow Hund's rule
Definition
Rules of the aufbau principles
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If two or more orbitals with the same energy are available, one electron goes into each until all are half-full. The electrons in the half-filled orbitals all have the same spin
Definition
Hund's rule
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The group 1A atoms are largest in a period because of the ____ effective nuclear charge
Definition
Low
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Halogens are smallest in a period because of their ______ effective nuclear charge
Definition
High
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The main group non-metals _____ electrons to reach nearest noble gas electron configurations
Definition
Gain
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The main group metals ____ electrons to reach the nearest noble gas electron configuration
Definition
Lose
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Because metals lose electrons, the ions are ______ than the element, the degree of change depends on the number of electrons lost
Definition
Smaller
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A gain of electrons by non-metals decreases the effective nuclear charge, so the anions are _____ than the element
Definition
Larger
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The amount of energy necessary to remove the highest-energy electron from an isolated neutral atom in the gaseous state
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Ionization energy (Ei)
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Ionization energy _______ with a low effective nuclear charge and large size
Definition
Decreases
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Noble gases have the ______ ionization energy and order _____ from Li>Ba>K>Rb, etc.
Definition
Highest
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1A metals have the ______ ionization energy
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Lowest
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The energy released when a neutral atom gains an electron to form an anion
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Electron affinity
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The amount of energy that must be supplied to break up an ionic solid into individual gaseous ions. Determines solubility.
Definition
Lattice energy (U)
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Main-group elements tend to undergo reactions that leave them with eight outer-shell electrons
Definition
Octet rule
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Metals tend to have _____ ionization energy and ____ electron affinity. they tend to lose one or more electrons.
Definition
Low, low
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Non-metals tend to have ____ ionization energy and ____ electron affinity. They tend to gain one or more electrons.
Definition
High, high
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Transition metals, lanthanide metals, and actinide metals do not follow the
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Octet rule
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Powerful reducing agents, metallic, bright and silvery, malleable, good conductors of electricity, relatively soft, very reactive, and occur only in salts, ionization energy decreases down the group
Definition
Group 1A elements: alkali metals
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Elements are made from the cations by _______ that uses electrical energy to supply electrons
Definition
Electrolysis
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Powerful reducing agents, metallic, bright and silvery, relatively soft, not as reactive, occur only in salts, higher melting point and ionization energy
Definition
Group 2A elements: Alkaline earth metals
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Metallic, bright and silvery, good conductors of electricity, reacts well with oxygen (forms an oxide coating), does not react well with water due to the oxide coating, found in many minerals
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Group 3A elements
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Powerful oxidizing agents, non-metals, exist as diatomics in elemental form, very reactive occur only in salts and minerals, low melting points, high electron affinity
Definition
Group 7A: Halogens
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Colorless and odorless, non-metals, very unreactive, occur naturally as atomic gases
Definition
Group 8A: Noble gases
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