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My TA Joyce posts amazingly detailed review worksheets for each week. Bless her soul. Here's a link for Week 10: viewtopic.php?f=150&t=44734&p=154737&hilit=joyce&sid=67f6ec9f28f13271bf8509808c47037e#p154737

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Here's the link: viewtopic.php?f=160&t=44659&p=155386&hilit=pork+ramen&sid=7297c7373cf1996874ab92653bb64eb3#p155386

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If you have multiple, solids, separate them by a line, not a comma. This is because the solids cannot mix.

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Yup! the slowest step, or the step with the highest activation rate, is the slowest rate. The slowest rate is always the rate that determines the rate of the reaction.

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Reaction intermediates are the reactants and products that end up canceling out when you write out all of the steps that it takes to get to the final product.

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While my discussion section's average was around 38/50, I believe the class as a total had a slightly lower average. This test was a killer one :(

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If you look up the worksheets that the TA Joyce posts on chem community, they are really helpful. Lyndon's review sessions are also very helpful.

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Lyndon's review sessions are usually a few days before the final.

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Usually it is expected to do hw from the current chapter in the textbook. I think it is okay if you include a few problems from one chapter earlier if it is being covered in a test.

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If you ever get pressure given int he units of "bar", you can just assume that its a 1:1 ratio with "atm". The conversion factor is very close to one, so Lavelle said we can treat bar as equal to atm.

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When you get your midterm back, you can review your score and your answers using this link: https://lavelle.chem.ucla.edu/wp-conten ... am_ans.pdf

IF you want to dispute your score, make sure to double check the answer key first.

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For batteries to be recharged, the reaction has to be reversed and electrical energy has to be supplied. Because we have to supply and input energy, this is not favorable.

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These values only work if you are dealing with monoatomic ideal gases.

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Ka is [product]/[reactant] in an acidic reaction. pKa is simply the neg log of Ka.

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Another note is salt bridges have the same purpose as porous discs. The only difference is salt bridges connect the solutions between two different containers while porous discs connect the solutions separated in the same container.

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14B-1, 11am class:
Last name A-L in DODD 147.
Last name M-Z in LAKRETZ 110.

14B-2, 1pm class:
Last name A-L in HAINES 39.
Last name M-Z in FRANZ 1178.

14B-4, 3pm class: Last name A-Z in MOORE 100.

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https://lavelle.chem.ucla.edu/wp-conten ... ns_14B.pdf <--- this link lists all of the available hours in these few days.

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So far, simply adding 273 has worked well for me.

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The plant as a whole interacts with the environment in terms of mass (O2, CO2, water) and energy (sunlight and thermal).

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LYNDON BUI WILL BE YOUR BEST FRIEND. Make sure you go to all of the review sessions that you can make. They will cover the most important topics and give you example questions that will prepare you well for the major tests.

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Right when you walk into the front of Young Hall, the office people should have your test. You just have to ask for the Chem 14 A Final and they'll take your bruincard and they'll give you your final right away.

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To turn ice to water (melting), heat must be added to the system (endothermic). In ice, the molecules have very little movement, adding heat energy to this increases the kinetic energy of the molecules, pushing it through a phase change and melting into water. The same is true for vaporization where...

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Yes, to turn ice to water (melting), heat must be added to the system (endothermic) and the molecules move around quicker and melt. To turn water into ice (freezing), the water loses heat energy (exothermic) and the molecules slow down in movement and freeze into a solid.

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I understand state properties as values that are added and subtracted to find simple relationships of position. For example, the positions of two people can be compared. Person #1 is at the 5 meter mark while Person #2 is at the 8 meter mark. It doesn't matter how quickly someone traveled, what path...

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ICE tables are typically used when finding the equilibrium concentrations of weak acids and bases. This is because with weak acids and bases, they don't fully dissociate and we have to calculate the specific concentrations of each reactant and product.

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Just keep in mind that only the x in the (reactant-x) is negligible. The other changes in concentration for the products still have to be considered.

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The stoichiometric coefficients will be the same coefficients that you put in the "change" part of the table. If the coefficient is 1, the change will be =/- x. If the coefficient is 3, the change will be =/- 3x.

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Reactions will try to reach the most stable state as it reaches equilibrium. If products are more stable, more products will be produced and its concentration will be higher than the reactant concentration. This leads to a Higher K value. If reactants are more stable, the reactants will not react as...

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He simply set up an ICE table with the provided information and the assumption that the initial concentrations of AD and Pi were 0 initially. With the initial and equilibrium concentrations of ADP provided in the problem, he calculated the change in concentration for ADP. Because the molar ratios of...

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This video should help you understand the basics of the ICE Tables by giving you a few examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0KNQ5-KaI

The ICE tables help you calculate concentrations when dealing with reactions in equilibrium.

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I consider the inductive effect as a fancy name for the same concept we already know about electronegativity and it’s effect on electron distribution. The more electronegative the atom, the more even the electron distribution is, and the more stable the molecule is. The more stable the molecule, the...

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The importance of this is recognizing that nonmetal oxides react with water and produce acidic products.

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Polydentates should have more than one element with lone pairs.

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All first bonds are sigma bonds. Any of the bonds on top of the first are considered pi bonds.

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While LDF is found between all molecules, it would only be important to point this out when dealing with two non-polar molecules.

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Ignore the bonds and simply pay attention to ares of electron density to determine hybridization.

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I believe that within a molecule, you draw dipoles for each bond. When looking at the bond, you compare the two elements' electronegativity. Parallel to the bond, draw an arrow that points towards the element that is more electronegative. .

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Yep! Every first bond is a sigma bond. Any other bond added on top of the first ones are considered pi bonds.

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All the angles in a square planar molecule are 90 degrees. You can easily remember this by recalling that a 2-d square is made up of 90 degree angles.

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My TA Anton listed these topics for Test 3: Bonding (trends), Shape (lewis structure), Molecular Shape, Polarity, and Hybridization.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0-oOwzc8P0

This video should help you visualize the difference between sigma and pi bonding in organic molecules.

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Yes, your explanation is perfect for why this molecule is polar :)

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When the atom is neutral, the atomic and ionic radius are the same. This isn't true for anions and cations, though. If the atom loses an electron and becomes a cation,the atom becomes positively charged and the ionic radius is smaller than the atomic radius because the atom loses an electron energy ...

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Here's a link to a messenger group chat for Chem 14A with Lavelle --> https://m.me/join/AbZf3pS8xum6RSWb

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We will never be required to calculate bond energy on our own and it will usually be provided to us in the question. It is just good to understand that bond energy is higher for triple and double bonds compared to single bonds. This is because in triple and double bonds, there are more electrons bei...

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A radical is an atom, molecule, or ion that has an unpaired valence electron. These unpaired electrons make radicals highly chemically reactive. Most organic radicals have short lifetimes because of this.

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Molecules may still have resonance even when the specific molecule is not in its most stable form. Resonance has nothing to do with the stability of the molecule.

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Uncertainty of momentum is is kg*m/s, and uncertainty of position is m. Uncertainty of velocity is m/s.

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In my high school chem courses, lone pair electrons were always drawn as two separate dots while shared electrons were drawn as a line. While it may take a bit longer to draw, making this distinction helps you visualize and differentiate the electrons.

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Effective nuclear charge, as stated before, is the net positive attraction between protons in the nucleus and the valence electrons. Many different factors affect the effective nuclear charge. For example, shielding leads to decreased effective nuclear charge, increasing atom size leads to decreased...

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By removing an electron, there is now a larger ratio of protons to electrons meaning that the electrons that are left are more attracted to the positive nucleus. This attraction is harder to overcome, therefore it takes more energy to remove the next electrons.

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S-block elements are more reactive because they want to lose their extra outer valence electrons and reactions between elements typically occur to fill a shell. The valence electrons from S-block elements are easily removed and added to an element that needs electrons to be stable.

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I believe that my TA told us that for this equation, we mostly just need to understand the concept behind it and understand that the uncertainty exists because of the limits of our technology today. I would worry less about using the equation to actually solve any mathematical problems.

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An analogy that helps you better understand shielding was given by Dr. Lavelle during Friday's lecture. Imagine you're camping and standing next to the campfire. The heat that you feel from the fire can be compared to the force of attraction between an electron and the nucleus. If someone stands bet...

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When electrons transition from one energy level to another, energy is released as photons of light. But the type of light is dependent on which energy level the electrons drops to. For example, when electrons drop to the first energy level, it releases UV light.

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I looked through the index of the Chemical Principles 6th Edition textbook and the term workforce is never mentioned so I highly doubt it is a term we have to know or use. :)

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Both homework and tests should be returned the week after in your discussions :)

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To go from grams to atoms, you have to do grams -> moles -> atoms. For grams -> moles, simply divide the mass (g) of the sample by its molar mass (g/mol). For moles -> atoms, multiply the # of moles * 6.022x10^23 (Avogadro's number). The final answer will be the # of atoms in the given sample.

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Stoichiometric coefficients are the numbers written before each compound in a balanced chemical equation that represent the moles of each reactant and product. For example, 2 Na(s) + 2 H20(l) -> 2 NaOH(aq) + [1] H2(g) is the same thing as saying 2 moles Na(s) + 2 moles H20(l) -> 2 moles NaOH(aq) + 1...

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I believe that "C", the option you have already highlighted, is the correct answer. This is Einstein's photoelectric equation. Einstein assumed that light is made of photons and photons collide with electrons in an atom, giving all of its energy to the electron. However, some of the energy...

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