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The solution manual classifies the Cl ion as an intermediate.

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The reducing agent is the species that loses an electron. Ag goes from a neutral state to an oxidation state of +1. AgF stays neutral so this would mean Ag has to be the reducing agent.

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O has a charge of -2, and since there is 2 molecules of O the total charge of the O2 species is -4. The molecule CO2 is neutral, so that would mean that C has to have a charge of +4 to balance the charge of the O.

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Zero order reactions typically take place when a catalyst is needed for the reaction to occur. The catalyst will be saturated by the reactants and the rate of the reaction will not depend on the concentration of the reactants.

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Yes. The nucleophile will donate an electron pair to form a chemical bond.

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The reaction 2 A --> B + C would be bimolecular.

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You can refer to the order of individual reactants as well as the order of the reaction. The overall order of the reaction is the sum of the orders of each reactant. So, if each reactant has order 1 then the order of the reaction is 2.

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For 0 order reactions, the units for k are are mol/(L*s). For 1st order reactions, the units of k are s^(-1). For 2nd order reactions, the units for k are L/(mol*s).

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You always want to work with positive reaction rates.

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In class we discussed that for a recation with one reactant and two products such as aA-->bB+cC that rate= (1/a)(dA/dt) = (1/b)(dB/dt) = (1/c)(dC/dt). So, if there was instead two reactants such as aA+bB--->cC+dD then just account for the additional reactant so, rate= (1/a)(dA/dt) = (1/b)(dB/dt) = (...

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Yes, you should take into account the coefficients when determining oxidation states.

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When you get the balanced equation, everything has a stoichiometric coefficient of 2. You can simplify this by dividing the whole balanced equation by 2 which also divides n by 2 resulting in n=1.

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The question states that the reaction is happening at 1200K so you would use this value to calculate deltaG. The solutions manual calculates delta G not $\Delta G^{\circ}$ . This is an important distinction because $\Delta G^{\circ}$ would be calculated at 298K by definition.

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The question asks for Cv. The Cv vaule for polyatomic gases is 3*R. The value 7/2*R is the Cp value for diatomic molecules. You can reference the table on page 281 in the book which lists the Cv and Cp values for ideal gases.

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There was a practice midterm from a review session posted on chemistry community. You should be able to find it if you search "practice midterm winter 2018".

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Oxidation takes place in the anode(left side) of the galvanic cell.

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A comma is used when the phases of the two elements in contact are the same. For example, you would use a comma for something like Fe3+(aq),Fe2+(aq). A | is used when the phases of the two elements in contact are in different phases. For example: Cu(s)|Cu2+(aq). A | can also indicate that a pourous ...

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The problem states that in box A, there is a monoatomic gas, meaning that there are single atoms of gas. The Cv value for atoms is 3/2R. In box B, there are diatomic molecules that are not vibrationally active, meaning these are linear molecules. For linear molecules, the Cv value is 5/2R. In box C,...

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It is always good to remember that pressure is inversely proportional to volume.

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Write a balanced chemical equation for each compound and calculate the standard entropies of formation. If the standard entropy of formation is negative, then the compound will be less stable at a higher temperature. If the standard entropy of formation is positive, the compound will be more stable ...

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I agree with the comments above. It is also worth noting that conceptually, deltaS(tot) is the change in entropy of the universe, the combination of deltaS and deltaS of the surroundings. DeltaS is the change in entropy of the system and deltaS(surr) is the change in entropy of the surroundings, mea...

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The standard state of an element is the state it is in at 25 $^{\circ}C$ and 1 atm of pressure.

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The equations on page 281 are showing the specific heat capacity for ideal gases under constant volume and constant pressure. When under constant volume, depending on if you're considering an atom, linear molecule, or a non linear molecule, you would use the respective C_{V} value. Similarly, for co...

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When a system does work of expansion, it is is working against an external pressure and therefore losing energy. Since, \Delta U= q+w , the negative sign ensures that it is understood that the work being done by a system results in a loss of energy since the system is doing work instead of work bein...

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Reaction enthalpy is the change in heat that occurs when a reaction takes place. To calculate this, you would add the different \Delta H 's of each reaction that took place in order to form the product, i.e. Hess's Law. The enthalpy of formation is the change in enthalpy when an element in its stand...

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If you reference table 8.4 in the textbook it lists some standard enthalpies of formation, including water. For water, \Delta H_{f}^{^{\circ}} = -242 kJ/mol. However if you didn't recognize that number, you could also think about how both of the reactants are in a gaseous phase and by adding up the ...

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By definition, enthalpy measures the change in heat at constant pressure. So, when finding $\Delta H$ , it will always be at constant pressure.

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All heat lost by the copper is going to be gained by the water. Therefore, q_{metal}=-q_{water} . q=mC\Delta T , where m=mass, C=specific heat capacity, and \Delta T = the change in temperature.The specifc heat capacity of copper is 0.38 J.^{\circ}C^{-1}.g^{-1} and the specific heat capacity of wate...

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In this reaction, the C-H bonds are already formed in the C2H2 moleules. Each C2H2 molecule will look like H-C-C-H with the C-C being a triple bond. When the reaction happens, the triple bonds between the carbons are broken and the only new bonds formed are going to be between the carbons since the ...

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1. q_{p} is the heat of the system at constant pressure. 2. It might help if you look at it this way: \Delta H = \Delta U +PV . If you assume that the system can only do expansion work then you can substitute in that \Delta U=q+w and w=-P_{ex}\Delta V . Also, because the system is at a constant pres...

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This is the way I balanced this equation: C10H15N + O2 ---> CO2 + H2O + CH4N2O Step 1 : Balance N since it appears the least 2C10H15N + O2 ---> CO2 + H2O + CH4N2O Step 2: Balance H, there are 30 H on the right side and only 2 H and 4 H, leaving the 4 H alone, that would be 30-4= 26/2= 13 as your coe...

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