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Madison Gil 3D

In the final review session, it was said that H2Se has a greater boiling point (and therefore stronger bonds) because it has greater London dispersion forces than H2S does. However, in the chemistry textbook version 6 p.484, H2Se is expected to be a stronger acid than H2S because H2Se has weaker bon...

Madison Gil 3D

In the final review session, Lyndon said that H2Se has a greater boiling point (and therefore stronger bonds) because it has greater London dispersion forces than H2S does. However, in the chemistry textbook version 6 p.484, H2Se is expected to be a stronger acid than H2S because H2Se has weaker bon...

Madison Gil 3D

A molecule with a VSEPR formula of AX2E2 would have a bent or v-shaped structure of atoms. A molecule with 4 things coming off of it (tetrahedral) would have bond angles of 109.5, but since two of these are lone pairs of electrons, the electrons will push other atoms away from it, lowering the bond ...

Madison Gil 3D

Cyano and cyanido are the same when naming coordination compounds. In the "ligand names in coordination compounds" handout on Dr. Lavelle's website, it says cyanido is just the new IUPAC name convention.

Madison Gil 3D

Ion-ion interactions are what take place during ionic bonds. The ion-ion interaction is what causes an ionic bond to occur. For example, Na+ and Cl- share ion-ion interactions and form an ionic bond.

Madison Gil 3D

single bond - one sigma bond
double bond - one sigma, one pi bond
triple bond - one sigma, two bi bonds
I don't think we'd need to know how to draw it, but just need to be able to identify it.

Madison Gil 3D

When there are two lone pairs present on an atom, why are the lone pairs drawn opposite of eachother but when determining hybridization of the molecule the lone pairs are counted as just one region of electron density? Are two lone pairs on the central atom actually counted as only one region or two?

Madison Gil 3D

There is no chart, but it helps me to just remember the main numbers and their possible variations
Linear = 180
Trigonal Planar = 120
Tetrahedral = 109.5
Trigonal Bipyramidal = 90 and 120
Octahedral = 90
and if lone pairs are present on the molecule, the angles will be less.

Madison Gil 3D

I don't think we'll need to know how to draw the energy shells of the hybrid orbitals. If anything, we might need to know general shape of the bonds that can arise from hybrid orbitals.

Madison Gil 3D

Equatorial lone pairs of electrons are more favorable than axial lone pairs because in equatorial pairs, the lone pairs are only near 2 atoms whereas in the axial position, the lone pairs would be near 3 atoms. The lewis structure with the least amount of atoms being pushed away is the lewis structu...

Madison Gil 3D

One way to tell if a molecule has dipole movement is if a molecule has lone pairs that do not cancel out. If the lone pairs on a molecule are symmetrical with one another, they will cancel out and not have dipole movement. However if a molecule has several lone pairs that do not cancel out, there wi...

Madison Gil 3D

Atoms in sigma bonds can rotate and also overlap, whereas atoms in pi bonds can not rotate around the internuclear axis and are only end to end.

Madison Gil 3D

The presence of hydrogen bonds in molecules increases both melting and boiling points because greater intermolecular forces in the molecule will require more energy to be broken apart.

Madison Gil 3D

When drawing the Lewis structure of the CNO- (cyanate) ion why would there be a triple bond between N and C and a single bond between C and O instead of double bonds between both N, C and O? In both structures, the formal charges add to -1 but on the first structure mentioned, the -1 charge would be...

Madison Gil 3D

Yes, a hydrogen bond is a dipole-dipole force because it is an attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen on one molecule and a slightly negative atom on another molecule, so you should consider it a dipole-dipole force.

Madison Gil 3D

Yes, whenever two atoms of the same type are bonded together, it is covalent bonding. The type of bond will also depend on the group of the atom. For example, two hydrogen atoms will form one single bond to form H2, while two oxygen atoms will form one double bond between themselves to form O2, and ...

Madison Gil 3D

The main things you need to know are that single bonds are longer than double bonds and double bonds are longer than triple bonds. For resonance structures, bond length will be an average of the possible bonds within the resonance structures of the molecule.

Madison Gil 3D

I believe the octet rule has to be filled in all molecules unless it is an extended octet. And the central atom of a Lewis structure must have a complete octet. If it does not have enough bonds to fill the octet, that is when you draw lone pairs.

Madison Gil 3D

Formal charge of the unknown atom, total electron numbers and how the unknown ion would add to that would be acceptable answers to this question I believe.

Madison Gil 3D

Since the trend for ionization energy, electron affinity and electronegativity are the same, you can use any (least ionization energy, greatest electron affinity and greatest electronegativity) to determine the central atom in Lewis structures.

Madison Gil 3D

Use the above uncertainty in velocity to calculate the electron's uncertainty in kinetic energy. Then calculate the uncertainty in kinetic energy per mole of electrons (that is, per mole of hydrogen atoms). Comment on your value. I calculated the uncertainty in velocity as 2.3 x 105 m.s-1 How would ...

Madison Gil 3D

The meter was defined in 1963 as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of radiation emitted by krypton-86 (it has since been redefined). What is the wavelength of this krypton-86 radiation? To what region of the electromagnetic spectrum does this wavelength correspond (i.e. infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray, etc.)? W...

Madison Gil 3D

In what type of problems will we need to use this equation and does anyone know if we will be tested on this on the 2nd test?

Madison Gil 3D

While these numbers will be given on a formula sheet, I have learned that learning the numbers and when to use them gives me a greater understanding of the concept. Plus, by the time I know the numbers, I have become familiar with the process used in the types of problems.

Madison Gil 3D

A helpful tip to also know is that kg.m^2.s^-2 is equal to 1 Joule. You can use this when using the Ek = 1/2mv^2 equation. Example 1.5 in the Chemistry Principles Textbook version 6 explains this well.

Madison Gil 3D

For the work function, I got 1.506 x 10^5 J, but on the post assessment survey for photoelectric effect, the answer showed up as wrong.
Would the frequency be (1.99 x 10^-19)/(6.626 x 10^-34) = 3.01 x 10^-14 Hz?

Madison Gil 3D

Light hits a sodium metal surface and the velocity of the ejected electron is 6.61 x 105 m.s-1. The work function for sodium is 150.6 kJ.mol-1. I got the KE of the ejected electron as 1.99 x 10^-19. How much energy is required to remove an electron from one sodium atom? and What is the frequency of ...

Madison Gil 3D

Molybdenum metal must absorb radiation with a minimum frequency of 1.09 x 1015 s-1 before it can emit an electron from its surface. The minimum energy needed for this is 7.22 x 10^-19. If molybdenum is irradiated with 194 nm light, what is the maximum possible kinetic energy of the emitted electrons...

Madison Gil 3D

In photoelectric experiments, typically what part of the electromagnetic spectrum is the incoming light?
I thought the incoming light was visible light. Could someone explain why this is not the case/what part of the EM the incoming light is from?

Madison Gil 3D

Use scientific notation in order to end the problem with the correct number of sigfigs.

Madison Gil 3D

When calculating throughout the problem, only round to the proper amount of sigfigs at the very end of the problem, otherwise your answer will be significantly off than what it should be.

Madison Gil 3D

Yes, usually they give you the percent composition, but if it is not given, divide the mass given by the mass of the total compound to find percent composition.

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