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- Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:54 pm
- Forum: Calculating the pH of Salt Solutions
- Topic: salts & conjugate base
- Replies: 1
- Views: 119
salts & conjugate base
Can someone explain and give a thourough example of what is meant by "salts that contain the conjugate base (anion) of a weak acid will raise the pH by removing protons from water and generate -OH."
- Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:48 pm
- Forum: Calculating the pH of Salt Solutions
- Topic: pH of salt solutions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 171
pH of salt solutions
Does anyone have any basic steps or simple explanation to determining the pH of a salt solution? Basic example?
- Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:45 pm
- Forum: Properties & Structures of Inorganic & Organic Acids
- Topic: Acids and bases
- Replies: 3
- Views: 188
Acids and bases
Does anyone have shortcut or tips to determining what acids/bases would be stronger than others?
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:43 pm
- Forum: Shape, Structure, Coordination Number, Ligands
- Topic: Oxidation number
- Replies: 4
- Views: 99
Oxidation number
Can anyone explain the steps to finding the oxidation number in coordination compound? Are we going to have to know how to do this for our final?
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:35 pm
- Forum: Shape, Structure, Coordination Number, Ligands
- Topic: Ligands
- Replies: 2
- Views: 68
Ligands
What is the importance of ligands and in what kind of examples will they appear?
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:32 pm
- Forum: *Molecular Orbital Theory Applied To Transition Metals
- Topic: Electron configuration form
- Replies: 1
- Views: 299
Electron configuration form
Can someone explain the difference between regular electrons configurations and orbital electron configurations?
- Mon May 28, 2018 12:50 am
- Forum: *Molecular Orbital Theory (Bond Order, Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism)
- Topic: Molecular orbital energy-level diagram
- Replies: 1
- Views: 109
Molecular orbital energy-level diagram
How do you write the configuration of the ground state of the cyanide ion, CN ,
assuming that its is the same as that for CO?
assuming that its is the same as that for CO?
- Mon May 28, 2018 12:46 am
- Forum: Hybridization
- Topic: 4.33
- Replies: 1
- Views: 48
4.33
Can someone explain how to do the problems in 4.33, what steps should we follow?
- Mon May 28, 2018 12:43 am
- Forum: Determining Molecular Shape (VSEPR)
- Topic: lone pairs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 57
lone pairs
Do lone pairs determine bond angles? In what way? Examples?
- Fri May 18, 2018 1:09 am
- Forum: Octet Exceptions
- Topic: Radicals/Octet Rule
- Replies: 2
- Views: 72
Radicals/Octet Rule
Can any element have a radical and can any element break the octet rule?
- Fri May 18, 2018 1:02 am
- Forum: Formal Charge and Oxidation Numbers
- Topic: 3.53
- Replies: 4
- Views: 190
3.53
For this problem, we are asked to identify the structure with the lowest energy. Does this mean the structure that has formal charges closest to zero?
- Fri May 18, 2018 1:00 am
- Forum: Resonance Structures
- Topic: 3.47
- Replies: 3
- Views: 185
3.47
This question describes 4 carbon atoms that form a square... this seems to be the only problem described like this. Will we have to know how to draw these and problems like 43?
- Sun May 13, 2018 2:16 am
- Forum: Lewis Structures
- Topic: octect rule
- Replies: 4
- Views: 80
octect rule
How do we know when we can break the octet rule? If we are allowed to break it, should we always find a way not to or can we just break it if its faster in helping us draw the lewis structure? Would we penalized?
- Sun May 13, 2018 2:11 am
- Forum: Lewis Structures
- Topic: Lewis Structures
- Replies: 4
- Views: 100
Lewis Structures
Does it matter how we draw our lewis structures? For example if its linear or bent? and can you put two of the same molecules together? for example c-o-o-h or would -o-c-o-h be more accurate?
- Sun May 13, 2018 2:02 am
- Forum: Resonance Structures
- Topic: Resonance Structures
- Replies: 5
- Views: 118
Resonance Structures
Will we have to draw all possible resonance structures?
- Wed May 09, 2018 3:03 pm
- Forum: Ionic & Covalent Bonds
- Topic: Midterm Topics [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1564
Midterm [ENDORSED]
Hello there, I am overthinking everything.. but just to confirm.. our midterm is taking place in CS50 correct? Thanks!
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:45 pm
- Forum: Quantum Numbers and The H-Atom
- Topic: Electron Configuration form
- Replies: 4
- Views: 81
Electron Configuration form
Will we be told when to write a configuration the longer way or shorter way? for example [NE] vs. 2s2 2p5
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:42 pm
- Forum: Trends in The Periodic Table
- Topic: S and d orbitals [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 60
S and d orbitals [ENDORSED]
Why does 3d come after 4s?
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:33 pm
- Forum: Wave Functions and s-, p-, d-, f- Orbitals
- Topic: f orbitals
- Replies: 3
- Views: 70
f orbitals
If ever, when will we use f orbitals? Examples?
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:55 pm
- Forum: Bohr Frequency Condition, H-Atom , Atomic Spectroscopy
- Topic: QM
- Replies: 1
- Views: 67
QM
Can anyone give me a basic QM description of atoms? I have a few notes for this but would like one or two clear statements.
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:51 pm
- Forum: Heisenberg Indeterminacy (Uncertainty) Equation
- Topic: Change in momentum
- Replies: 3
- Views: 76
Change in momentum
If not given will we always have to us the equation with the greater (>) sign to find the change in momentum? or can we just use p=mv. Are they the same?
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:47 pm
- Forum: DeBroglie Equation
- Topic: De Brogile's equation [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 159
De Brogile's equation [ENDORSED]
Can someone explain what Lavelle meant when he said not to use the equation for a photon for questions related to light?
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:29 pm
- Forum: Einstein Equation
- Topic: Different equations
- Replies: 4
- Views: 146
Different equations
Has anyone come up with any different methods or shortcuts in determining what equations to use for different problems. There have been quite a few during the last two lectures, so I was just wondering what would be useful in remembering.
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:23 pm
- Forum: Photoelectric Effect
- Topic: Examples
- Replies: 1
- Views: 41
Examples
Can someone provide examples of problems where we would have to take the photoelectric effect into account? And how these problems would be solved?
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:18 pm
- Forum: Properties of Light
- Topic: Properties of Light
- Replies: 4
- Views: 88
Properties of Light
For exams are we going to have to know the numbers associated with visible light, diameter of an atom, and the human eye?
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 10:57 pm
- Forum: Limiting Reactant Calculations
- Topic: Limiting Reactant Problems
- Replies: 1
- Views: 84
Limiting Reactant Problems
In Lavelle's last Friday example, can someone explain in simpler steps how to solve the last part (finding the maximum yield)?
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 10:50 pm
- Forum: Empirical & Molecular Formulas
- Topic: Formula steps
- Replies: 4
- Views: 135
Formula steps
Does anyone have any tricks to remembering the steps to find the empirical formula vs the molecular formula?
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 10:40 pm
- Forum: Significant Figures
- Topic: Sig Figs [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 106
Sig Figs [ENDORSED]
In an exam if our sig figs are incorrect or off by one or two decimal places will points be deducted?
- Sun Nov 12, 2017 3:14 am
- Forum: *Molecular Orbital Theory (Bond Order, Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism)
- Topic: Bond Angles
- Replies: 8
- Views: 316
Bond Angles
On future exams, will we have to find bond angles and is so, what steps would we show for credit?
- Sun Nov 12, 2017 3:09 am
- Forum: Determining Molecular Shape (VSEPR)
- Topic: Molecular shapes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 73
Molecular shapes
What are the major differences between the molecular shapes of nonpolar molecules and polar molecules?
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 11:53 pm
- Forum: Resonance Structures
- Topic: Resonance structure and formal charges
- Replies: 2
- Views: 164
Resonance structure and formal charges
Does anyone have a simpler method or clear trick to easily determining the dominant resonance structure of an ion by calculating the formal charges on the atom? or simply something that reminds them of the steps to achieving this?
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 11:39 pm
- Forum: Ionic & Covalent Bonds
- Topic: Bond energies
- Replies: 1
- Views: 122
Bond energies
I was reading the book, specifically about average bond dissociation energies (kJ-mol"1) and was wondering if anyone could please give me a break down of what there numbers really mean and when we would have to apply them. Thank you.
- Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:55 pm
- Forum: Octet Exceptions
- Topic: Radicals And Biradicals
- Replies: 2
- Views: 151
Radicals And Biradicals
Simply definition of radicals and biradicals and the difference between them? What do we have to know about them and what connections does it have with finding Lewis structures?
- Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:29 pm
- Forum: Octet Exceptions
- Topic: Octet Rule [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 360
Octet Rule [ENDORSED]
Can someone please explain the octet rule more in depth and give examples of when it should be applied? Thanks.
- Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:49 pm
- Forum: *Shrodinger Equation
- Topic: examples... [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 184
examples... [ENDORSED]
Can anyone please provide me with a simple example of when/how to use the Schrödinger equation?
- Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:41 pm
- Forum: Wave Functions and s-, p-, d-, f- Orbitals
- Topic: ORBITALS, SHELLS ETC. [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 270
ORBITALS, SHELLS ETC. [ENDORSED]
What specifically would we have to know for exams (in relation to what we have learned in the past two lectures)? or what will be given?
- Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:54 pm
- Forum: Trends in The Periodic Table
- Topic: ionization energy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 149
ionization energy
Why is the ionization energy for oxygen lower than that of either nitrogen or fluorine? (In straight and simple terms)
- Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:27 pm
- Forum: Wave Functions and s-, p-, d-, f- Orbitals
- Topic: Ground state vs excited state
- Replies: 3
- Views: 183
Ground state vs excited state
Can someone please explain how I can figure out if an electron configuration represents the excited state or the ground state? (Relates to problem 29).
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 12:37 am
- Forum: Balancing Chemical Reactions
- Topic: L35
- Replies: 2
- Views: 239
L35
Hi there, I was just wondering if someone could give me some basic steps or guidance to solve problem L35. "Sodium bromide, NaBr, which is used to produce AgBr for use in photographic film, can itself be prepared as follows... What mass of iron, in kilograms, is needed to produce 2.50t of NaBr?...