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John Kim Lec3Dis3L

What is a polydentate would it be just an anion that has more than 4 bonding sites? Can someone give an explanation and example? The textbook (6th edition) defines polydentate as "many-toothed", or able to attach at more than one bonding site simultaneously. Basically, this just means tha...

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

It depends on the molecule in question. If it's simple, like HNO3, you can be relatively sure of where the H^+ will come from. If the molecule is more complex, like CH3COOH, it might be necessary to draw a Lewis structure to see which hydrogen is farthest from the central atom; honestly though, it s...

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

A general rule of thumb is to see whether the molecule predominantly contains (H^+) or (OH^-). Hope this helps!

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

Another reason that our digestive system can handle such liquids is due to its protective coating of mucus. That is the reason that our stomach can handle containing acid and the cause of stomach ulcers (the mucus in a spot decreases, allowing the acid to partially corrode the stomach lining).

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

The coordination number is the number of ligands bonded to the central atoms. It seems that the coordination number can be found by just tallying the number of other atoms or other, smaller molecules within the complex's formula ( ex. coordination number 4 for [CoCl4]^(2-) or 2 for [HgCl2] ). Usual ...

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

His outline for this unit says that we have to be familiar with the rules for naming, but it doesn't say that we have to we know the actual names.

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

I think it's not so much that there is a causal relationship between electronegativity and electron shielding as a correlative relationship for these periodic trends.

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

To build on what the others have said, you basically need to search for the molecule whose individual formal charges average closest to zero; that molecule is going to be most likely to make the more dominant contribution.

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

Polarizability depends on the number of electrons present and on the size of the pertinent atom. Higher polarizability means that the atom or ion has a more readily distortable electron cloud; the process of distortion itself is known as polarization.

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

Can someone explain 1. to me? Thanks in advance! Step 1: Find the molar masses of CO2 and H2O Step 2: Calculate the moles of CO2 and H2O by dividing grams by moles Step 3: Find simplest ratio of two compounds' moles Step 4: Balance full chemical equation ( _ C?H?O? + _ O2 -> _ CO2 + _ H2O ) using a...

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

For all you 6th edition people out there who see this, the definition is on page 231, stated as "[a] bond in which both electrons come from one of the atoms".

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

Heidi Ibarra Castillo 1D wrote:How do you determine your V, L , and S?

Rules for determining FC from the notes from class:
1. Determine number of valence e- for each bound atom
2. Determine number of bonding electrons (S)
3. Determine number of lone e- pairs (L)
4. Determine number of valence e- for each free atom (V)

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

I am in Lecture 3 and Dr. Lavelle said in class that everything up to Wednesday (yesterday) would be covered, which includes Lewis acids and bases. I doubt he really wants us to know a vast amount about them, though; it's probably ok to just know the fact that group 13 elements need 5 electrons to c...

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

Basically, the Roman numeral signifies the number of non-negated positive charges. Hence, copper (I) has a charge of +1 and copper (2) +2.

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

Just think of it like you can only start from the rightmost electrons on. This was actually touched upon in class: the inner sub-shells of electrons actually block the effects of the positively charged nucleus on outer sub-shells.

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

is there a rule to know when some atoms are okay with having less than 8 electrons? or should we just memorize some of them and hope for the best? i think it is just memorization but its basically just group 13 and H, He, Li, Be This actually showed up in another post I think, and don't quote me on...

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

Just to add on a bit to the other answer, the textbook has practice questions that use more than just the Lyman and Balmer levels in terms of both names and level number; it would probably be for the best to memorize them.

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

As the other posters said, electrons do not change their mass. For this class, you can just use 9.10938E-31 kg as your mass; any more accuracy would probably be overkill for our level of academia.

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

Why are electron energy levels quantized? Why can't electrons exist in between quantized electron energy levels? In response to your question, quantization just means that the electrons can only take integer values of discrete energy packets. Essentially, electrons separate into whole-number levels...

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

After guessing a checking i found that the answer is 1.72 g AgCl. I found that the limiting reactant is C6H9Cl3 and that the moles of this compound is .004 moles. To get the answer 1.72, i saw that you have to triple .004 moles and then multiple that by the molar mass which is 143.32 g/mol. I am un...

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

I'm not completely sure, but the is how I see it: Basically, you're supposed to do problems for whatever the material covered in the week in question is/was. So if you cover information that would be part of multiple letter sections, then you're supposed to do problems from those sections.

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

A mole is just like a dozen, but instead of signifying 12 of something, it signifies 6.022x10^23. The reason that this number is used is because 6.022x10^23 amu is equal to 1 gram. This helps make calculations simpler. Well, to add on to what this poster is saying, an AMU is a mass unit equal to 1/...

John Kim Lec3Dis3L

In response to the OP, there is essentially no way to go straight from Fahrenheit to Kelvin or vice versa without including the steps for Celsius.

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