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Luis De La Cruz 1H

Is it a fact that a change in temperature will always create a change in either volume or pressure? I'm asking because I can't think of an instance/scenario in which it wouldn't.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Will we have to be given delta(U) and the variables to solve for work under non-constant pressure conditions to solve for q at a pressure that isn't constant, or would we just use q=mC_vdelta(T) (given the mass and temperatures)? Or does this just depend on the question being asked?

Luis De La Cruz 1H

To what extent do we have to know about the molecularity of a reaction for this class?

Luis De La Cruz 1H

How can you determine if a reaction is exothermic or endothermic given the activation energy of the forward reaction and the activation energy for the reverse reaction?

Luis De La Cruz 1H

In this situation, I believe that the balloon filled with gas is expanding and thus the gas is doing work on the balloon (causing the expansion), but at the same time heat is given off by the balloon, and this is what is maintaining the same temperature. Remember when temperature is kept constant, w...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Although it only shows up for one temperature in the equation sheet, I would still memorize the equation for two temperatures or at least know how to derive it, given that we might have a question on the final that pertains to two temperatures..

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Basically, whenever you have a problem that deals with activation energy, you will most likely have to use the Arrhenius equation, because that equation relates activation energy and temperature to the rate of a reaction.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Like the part b states, it is an isothermal process, so by looking at the equation PV=nRT, you see how R and T remain constant so the only thing that changes is the number of moles which you said you are calculating so, by definition the volume has to change,again seen by P(delta V)= (delta n)RT, th...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

The term of Isochoric is also interchangeable with the terms Isovolumetric, or Isometric which all mean the same thing when describing a process, that is that volume during the process remains constant so there is no change in volume essentially.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Yes I do believe that the law of conservation of energy is sometimes referred to as the first law of thermodynamics, because from these laws you can see how energy is in fact neither created nor destroyed for an isolated system, and we take our universe to be an isolated system.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Yes, that is exactly how you would be able to calculate the overall order of the reaction, and you should also keep in mind that because [B] is at the bottom, that will affect the units of K as well. This is basically like the first question we got on test 3 for kinetics.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Can anyone explain to me how I would be able to rank say: Mn,Ag, and Ti in terms of increasing oxidizing power? I was really thrown off by this question during test 2.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

When creating the graphs that we've been discussing in chemical kinetics, we use the integrated rate laws, that's because if you look closely, they resemble the familiar y=mx+b format, and this is typically to determine the slope which happens to be k (the equilibrium constant) in these graphs. From...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Most of the UAs have mentioned that this information becomes more relevant for 14BL where you actually conduct a chemical kinetics experiment, where you are taking the experimental data derived from the conducted experiment and you plot it on a graph ([ln a] vs time, [a] vs time, or 1/[a] vs time). ...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

This is probably due to the fact that there is a different half life formula for second order reactions, and therefore you have to switch up your methodology for solving half life problems that pertain to second order reactions.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

No, but obviously know which differential rate law and integrated rate law is associated with each order that we've learned about, respectively.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Dr. Lavelle has stated multiple times that he won't ever ask straight up derivation of equation questions on exams, however do review how and where each equation comes from because a combination of equations might need to be used to come up with the equation you would need for a particular test ques...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

One thing that helps me when trying to figure out the units of K, is the fact that the rate will always end up having to be in (M/s) or Molarity/s, therefore you essentially are manipulating the units of K which as stated above can change depending on the order of the reaction in order to end up wit...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Another important and perhaps real life application for the half life would be for pharmacists and doctors that are prescribing drugs, since they need to know how long that drug will stay in your system, which is something the half life of a reaction would be able to tell you.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Like stated above, each K constant that you derive will be different, depending on the order of the reaction (0,1, or 2) because each order has its own half life formula associated with it.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Are there other inert conductors, other than platinum that we should familiarize ourselves with for this class?

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Given that a gas just has that many more possible micro states (the particles that make up the gas) that it can be in due to the very nature of gases (particles that are essentially free flowing), it will basically always have a higher entropy than liquids, because the particles in a liquid will sti...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

I would say to always stick to what you are given on the tests, that way there is no discrepancy/controversy to your final answer. Also during intermediate solving use the exact values you are getting and only round until the final answer using the minimum number of sig figs given in the initial pro...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

It all depends on the calorimeter that you are dealing with, but for the most part in this class we talked about bomb calorimeters (isolated system) so there is no change in volume and therefore why w=0.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

As stated above, I don't think we will use this equation too often for this class, but it is present on the equation sheet, because you can get some useful information. From the relationship the equation describes, you can see that U, which is internal energy depends solely on T, which is temperatur...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

For questions pertaining to acidic conditions you use H+, not H3O+, but yes for basic conditions you use OH- and you use water for both as well.

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Indeed, you would use the first equation for instances in which pressure is constant, since the equation itself seems to tell you there is no change in pressure, only a change in volume, hence the missing delta before pressure. While the second equation is a derived equation (which you don't need to...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

The important thing to realize is that when Temperature is constant as is the case in isothermal processes, q\neq 0 , q=0 only in the instance of an adiabatic process, in which no heat is exchanged between the system and its surroundings. To relate work to temperature in the instance of an isotherma...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Why is it that humans (being the system), who seemingly grow more "ordered" over time, don't violate the second law of thermodynamics which states that things will always tend to increase in more "disorder" until reaching equilibrium?

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Why is it that the entropy of an isolated system either increases or remains constant? Why is it that it never decreases?

Luis De La Cruz 1H

I'm still confused about the topic of heat. Is heat a type of energy, or is heat the term we use to describe a transfer of energy?

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Why is it that the formula for triamminetrichloronickel(IV) sulfate is [NiCl3(NH3)3]2 SO4 I would expect it to be [NiCl3(NH3)3]^+1 SO4 Sulfate contributes -2 while 3 chlorides contributes -3 for a total of -5 The oxidation state of Nickel is +4 So there must be a +1 total charge on the formula to co...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

The question about calculating a "new volume or "V-total" is rather vague, however when I calculate V-total in a titration problem I first have to find the amount of volume of titrant (strong acid or strong base) that is needed to get to the stoichiometric point, then I add that volum...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

No, the charge of the anionic anion does not correlate with the number of bonding areas, or to be more specific bonding regions the ligand has.
A clear counterexample would be the anionic ligand carbonato: CO3^2-
Carbonato has 3 bonding areas/regions and the yet the charge on it is still 2-

Luis De La Cruz 1H

Why is it that double bonds are considered only as one region of high electron density given that within that double bond there are two pairs of shared electrons? For example in a carbonate ion, CO32-?

Luis De La Cruz 1H

I would say go with covalent bonding due to the fact that covalent bonding is the bonding that is most common within atoms. The type of element the atom is from, would also be relevant as a clue to what bonding it might have. For example, metal on metal atom bonding will most likely be a covalent bo...

Luis De La Cruz 1H

I believe there is an orbital higher than f which would be the g orbital, however this orbital corresponds to a block of elements on the periodic table that have not been discovered yet possibly with elements that have electrons that could reside within the g-orbital.

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Temperature for an ideal gas

q under non-constant pressure

Molecularity

Activation Energy

Re: Transferring of Heat

Re: Arrhenius equation for 2 temperatures

Re: Arrhenius eq use

Re: 8.27-V needed to calculate n?

Re: Isobaric vs. Isochoric [ENDORSED]

Re: The First Law

Re: Fractional Rate Law [ENDORSED]

Oxidizing Power

Re: Rate of consumption vs concentration

Re: Slopes

Re: Half-life of second order reactions

Re: Order Reactions

Re: Will we need to know how to derive equations? [ENDORSED]

Re: Rate Constant K

Re: Half Life

Re: Half life constant and Rate reaction constant

Inert Conductors [ENDORSED]

Re: Factors Affecting Entropy

Re: Using Kelvin [ENDORSED]

Re: w in a calorimeter

Re: U = 3/2 nRT

Re: Basic and Acidic conditions [ENDORSED]

Re: different ways to calculate w

Re: Temperature and Δ U

Second Law of Thermodynamics [ENDORSED]

Entropy of an Isolated System

Questions about Heat

Naming to Formula

Re: Switching Ka to Kb [ENDORSED]

Re: Bonding areas

Double bonds and regions of electron density

Re: Covalent vs ionic character

Re: Orbital Shape for Larger Quantum Numbers [ENDORSED]