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When we use Cv, it is usually used when there is a change in temperature in the problem

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Intensive properties do not depend on the amount of matter that is present. Boiling point, melting point, color, ductility, and malleability are all examples of intensive properties. If we think of color, no matter how many grams of a substance is being placed, let's say, on a table, the substance o...

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I believe the number for the double bond is usually placed at the beginning of the alkene name

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Since there is a carbon chain with 10 carbons, we know the base of the chain is a decane. We also see an isopropyl substituent (CH(CH3)2) attached to the 4th carbon in the decane chain. This is how we get 4-isopropyldecane. For the other answer, if we draw out the CH(CH3)2, we can see a methyl and a...

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Since there are 7 carbons in a chain (the carbon in the parenthesis is a substituent), we know the chain is a heptane. Now, the substituent only contains one carbon, so therefore it is a methyl group. If we go from right to left, we get 5-methyl-heptane, but from left to right, we get 3-methyl-hepta...

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CH3Cl is an electrophile because the electronegativity of chlorine is much stronger than that of carbon, so chlorine has a delta negative while carbon has a delta positive. Therefore, the carbon wants to gain electrons, and the chlorine then wants to breaks off from the molecule because its electron...

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I believe there is no such example of something not being a nucleophile nor an electrophile, because all species and elements always involve electrons, therefore, I think there is only electrophiles and nucleophiles and nothing outside of those classifications.

Paul Sedaros 1B

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Nucleophiles are affected by the electronegativity of the element involved. As electronegativity increases, the nucleophilicity of an element decreases, and that is why Br- is a stronger nucleophile than F- (because fluorine's electronegativity is greater than that of bromine).

Paul Sedaros 1B

Halogens such as chlorine and fluorine are electrophile (electron-loving) because they want that one electron that will help them reach a noble gas state (full electron shell)

Paul Sedaros 1B

For 0th order: k=M (which is mol/L)/s

For the 1st order: k=s^-1 (or 1/s)

And for the 2nd order: k=M (again mol/L)^-1 x s^-1

Paul Sedaros 1B

Hi everyone, So question 15.95 is a graph showing a reaction and its potential energy. Can anyone explain why the first step is the rate-determining step in the reaction in part b) of the problem? Part d) (how many intermediates must form in the reaction) is a little tricky as well for me. Thank you...

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A reversible reaction occurs when reactants form products and the products (with the aid of reactant(s)) is able to revert back to the reactants (both chemical reactions can occur, for example let's say O2+2H2->2H2O is reversible, water can be separated to form oxygen gas and hydrogen gas and vice v...

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Q: What is HIJKLMNO?

A: H20

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Q: What do you get when you mix barium, cobalt, and nitrogen?
A: BaCoN

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Electrons travel through a conductive wire from the anode to the cathode in a very instantaneous process. A salt bridge is used to help the transfer of electrons back from the cathode to the anode.

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In a sense, I do not believe that it is not irreversible. The galvanic cell would reach equilibrium and if a perturbation were to occur in the system, there would be the transfer of electrons again until reaching equilibrium.

Paul Sedaros 1B

NaCl/NaOH: The base is under a salt!

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I asked the person that was sitting next to me if I could borrow some of their Sodium Hypobromite....he said NaBrO!

Paul Sedaros 1B

I think that assuming delta S is constant is what we do unless otherwise stated in a problem. The reason that I would think that we do assume delta S is constant in the Van't Hoff Equation is because it helps to eliminate the delta S/R terms in both ln K1 and ln K2 when we have ln K2/K1, making the ...

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An open system is one where both matter and energy can be exchanged (such as a cup of tea or hot chocolate, water (matter) can be added and heat from the mug can be exchanged with the universe). A closed system is one where only energy can be exchanged (such as a the mug of tea/hot chocolate in our ...

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We learned on Friday about the different systems (open, closed, isolated). Are all the isolated systems insulated such as the bomb calorimeter and the constant pressure calorimeter?

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