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Principles of Chemistry I
Chapters 1-2
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 3
01/11/2009

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Macroscopic
Definition
properties and behavior we can see (ex. color, flammibility, volume, mass)
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submicroscopic
Definition
properties and behavior we can not see (ex. atoms, molecules, chemical bonds)
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Extensive Properties
Definition
dependent on amount of sample (mass, volume)
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Intensive Properties
Definition

independent of amount of sample; some can be used to identify substances

 (temp, density, gas pressure, melting point)

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SI Units
Definition
length = meter (m) mass = kilogram (kg) time = second (s) amt of substance = mole (mol) temp = kelvin (K) electic current = ampere (A) luminous intensity = candela (cd)
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Celsius to Kelvin
Definition
C = K - 273.15
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Celsius to Fahrenheit
Definition
F = 1.8C + 32
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Fahrenheit to Celsius
Definition
C = .56 (F-32)
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Accuracy
Definition
How closely a measurement agrees with a true value
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Precision
Definition
How closely individual measurements agree with each other
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Systematic Error
Definition
a constant error that affects all measurements the same
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Random Error
Definition
a variable error that affects each measurement differently
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Significant Figures in Addition and Subtraction
Definition
The answer has the same number of decimal places as the measurement with the fewest decimal places 89.5 + 45.25 + .123 = 134.9
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Significant Figures with Multiplication and Division
Definition
The answer contains the same amount of significant figures as the measurement with the fewest significant figures 12.25 + .256 + 23 = 72
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Isotopes
Definition
atoms with the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons.
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Atomic number (Z)
Definition
the number of protons or electrons(defines atom)
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Mass number (A)
Definition
the number of protons + neutrons
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Atomic mass
Definition
mass of a single atom in atomic mass units (amu)
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Molecular mass
Definition

mass of a single molecule in atomic mass units (amu) 

 the sum of the atomic masses of each atom in a molecule

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Formula Unit mass
Definition
the mass of all of the atoms in a formula unit in amu
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Empirical formula
Definition
shows the simplest integer ratio of atoms of each element in a compound.
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Molecular formula
Definition
shows the number of atoms of each element in a molecule.
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Structural formula
Definition
shows the connectivity of the atoms in a molecule.
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Matter
Definition
the physical material of the universe (has mass and occupies space)
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Atom
Definition
the building block of matter
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What determines the properties of matter?

Definition

Composition- which atoms?

Structure- how are atoms connected?

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What do we do in Chemistry?
Definition
Attempt to understand the properties and behavior of matter by studying the properties and behavior of atoms and molecules
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Gas
Definition

no fixed volume or shape

confomrs to volume and shape of container

particles far apart and moving rapidly

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Liquid
Definition

distinct volume but no shape

assumes shape of portion of container it occupies

particles packe close together and moving rapidly (can be poured)

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Solid
Definition

distinct shape and volume

particles held tightly together with little movement

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Pure Substance
Definition

Matter with distinct properties and constant composition

Can be either

-element

-compound

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Mixture
Definition

Combination of 2+ pure substance

Relative amts of components can vary

Each component retains its own properties

Term
Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Mixtures
Definition

homo- composition of same materials (solution)

hetero- composition of different materials

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Physical Properties
Definition

Observe without changing the identity or composition of a substance

(color, density, melting point, boiling point)

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Chemical Properties
Definition

Describe the way a substance may change or react to form other substances

(flammability)

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Physical Change
Definition

1. Substance changes physical appearance but not composition

2. Changes of state are physical changes

(melting ice)

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Chemical Change
Definition

1. Substance is transformed into a different substance

2. Called a chemical reaction

(hydrogen burns in air to form water)

Term

Democritus

Definition
Found matter is particulate or made of particles rather than continuous mass.
Term

Dalton's Atomic Theory

(Postulates)

Definition

1. All matter consists of tiny indivisible atoms.

2. Atoms of an element are identical, but different from those of other elements.

3. Atoms of one element cannot be converted into those of another element.

4. Compounds result from chemical combinations of different elements; atom ratios are integers.

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Law of Conservation of Mass
Definition

Total mass of materials present after a chemical reaction is the same as the total mass present before the reaction.

Term
Law of Constant Composition
Definition

Whether in Ankeny or Anchorage, water contains 11.19% hydrogen and 88.81% oxygen by mass.

Term
Law of Multiple Proportions
Definition
If 2 elements A and B combine to form more than one compound, the masses of B that can combine with a given mass of A are in the ratio of small whole numbers.
Term

Are Dalton's Postulates always true?

Definition

1. Nuclear fission does divide atoms.

2. Nuclear transmutations do change atoms of one element into those of another.

3. Atoms of an element are not identical.

4. Nonstoichiometric compounds sometimes appear to have non-integer atom formulas/ratios.

Term
J.J. Thomson
Definition

English physicist won nobel prize in 1906.

Worked with Cathode rays.

Measured the charge-to-mass ration of the electron

(1.76x10^8 C/g)

Credited for the discovery of electrons

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Cathode rays
Definition

Independent of the electrode material (different metals create the same results)

Are streams of negatively charged particles (electrons)

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Robert Millikan
Definition

American pysicist

"Oil-drop" experiment

Caused oil drops to become charged and observed their behavior in an electric field.  This led to the charge on the electron= 1.602x10^-19 C

Given charge to mass ration he computed electron mass to be 9.1x10^-28 g

Term
Plum-Pudding Model of the Atom
Definition

1. Evenly distribute mass and positive chare (cookie)

2. Small embedded negative particles (chocolate chips)

 Disproved by Rutherford's Gold-Foil Experiment in 1910

 

Term
Ernest Rutherford
Definition

New Zealand physicist; Father of nuclear physics

Discovered the nature of radioactivity

Explained the phenomenon of radioactivity (spontaneous emission from uranium compounds)

"Gold-Foil" Experiment

Discovered protons in 1919

Term
Gold Foil Experiment
Definition

Studied angles at which alpha particles were scattered after passing through thin gold foil.

This experiment disproved the plum-pudding model of the atom

Alpha Rays- particles; electrons

Beta rays- particles; protons

Gamma rays- non-particles; nuetrons

Term
Rutherford's Nuclear Atom
Definition

a small, very dense, positive nucleus

surrounded by negative electrons

atom diameters:~100-500 pm

nuclei diameters:~10^-2 pm

ratio= 10,000 : 1

Term
Chadwick
Definition
Discovered neutrons in 1932
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Periodic Table

Definition

Rows= periods

Columns = groups

Term

Alkali metals

(1A)

Definition
Li,Na,K,Rb,Cs,Fr
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Alkaline earth metals

(2A)

Definition
Bc,Mg,Ca,Sr,Ba,Ra
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Chalcogens

(6A)

Definition
O,S,Se,Te,Po
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Halogens

(7A)

Definition
F,Cl,Br,I,At
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