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- Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:45 pm
- Forum: Thermodynamic Definitions (isochoric/isometric, isothermal, isobaric)
- Topic: Temperature for an ideal gas
- Replies: 2
- Views: 536
Temperature for an ideal gas
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.
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:40 pm
- Forum: Concepts & Calculations Using First Law of Thermodynamics
- Topic: q under non-constant pressure
- Replies: 1
- Views: 449
q under non-constant pressure
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=mCvdelta(T) (given the mass and temperatures)? Or does this just depend on the question being asked?
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:22 pm
- Forum: Reaction Mechanisms, Reaction Profiles
- Topic: Molecularity
- Replies: 2
- Views: 445
Molecularity
To what extent do we have to know about the molecularity of a reaction for this class?
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:18 pm
- Forum: Arrhenius Equation, Activation Energies, Catalysts
- Topic: Activation Energy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 413
Activation Energy
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?
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 9:47 pm
- Forum: Thermodynamic Systems (Open, Closed, Isolated)
- Topic: Transferring of Heat
- Replies: 4
- Views: 619
Re: Transferring of Heat
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...
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 9:37 pm
- Forum: Arrhenius Equation, Activation Energies, Catalysts
- Topic: Arrhenius equation for 2 temperatures
- Replies: 2
- Views: 397
Re: Arrhenius equation for 2 temperatures
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..
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 9:29 pm
- Forum: Arrhenius Equation, Activation Energies, Catalysts
- Topic: Arrhenius eq use
- Replies: 2
- Views: 376
Re: Arrhenius eq use
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.
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 6:03 pm
- Forum: Calculating Work of Expansion
- Topic: 8.27-V needed to calculate n?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 326
Re: 8.27-V needed to calculate n?
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...
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:42 pm
- Forum: Thermodynamic Definitions (isochoric/isometric, isothermal, isobaric)
- Topic: Isobaric vs. Isochoric [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1593
Re: Isobaric vs. Isochoric [ENDORSED]
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.
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:38 pm
- Forum: Thermodynamic Systems (Open, Closed, Isolated)
- Topic: The First Law
- Replies: 6
- Views: 948
Re: The First Law
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.
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Rate Laws
- Topic: Fractional Rate Law [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1903
Re: Fractional Rate Law [ENDORSED]
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.
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:08 am
- Forum: Balancing Redox Reactions
- Topic: Oxidizing Power
- Replies: 2
- Views: 595
Oxidizing Power
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.
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:05 am
- Forum: First Order Reactions
- Topic: Rate of consumption vs concentration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 478
Re: Rate of consumption vs concentration
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...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:45 am
- Forum: Zero Order Reactions
- Topic: Slopes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 627
Re: Slopes
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). ...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:34 am
- Forum: Second Order Reactions
- Topic: Half-life of second order reactions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 769
Re: Half-life of second order reactions
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.
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:14 pm
- Forum: First Order Reactions
- Topic: Order Reactions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 454
Re: Order Reactions
No, but obviously know which differential rate law and integrated rate law is associated with each order that we've learned about, respectively.
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:06 pm
- Forum: Zero Order Reactions
- Topic: Will we need to know how to derive equations? [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1199
Re: Will we need to know how to derive equations? [ENDORSED]
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...
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:02 pm
- Forum: Method of Initial Rates (To Determine n and k)
- Topic: Rate Constant K
- Replies: 4
- Views: 646
Re: Rate Constant K
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...
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Rate Laws
- Topic: Half Life
- Replies: 6
- Views: 759
Re: Half Life
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.
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:46 pm
- Forum: Second Order Reactions
- Topic: Half life constant and Rate reaction constant
- Replies: 4
- Views: 643
Re: Half life constant and Rate reaction constant
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.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:00 pm
- Forum: Balancing Redox Reactions
- Topic: Inert Conductors [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 476
Inert Conductors [ENDORSED]
Are there other inert conductors, other than platinum that we should familiarize ourselves with for this class?
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:50 pm
- Forum: Third Law of Thermodynamics (For a Unique Ground State (W=1): S -> 0 as T -> 0) and Calculations Using Boltzmann Equation for Entropy
- Topic: Factors Affecting Entropy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3774
Re: Factors Affecting Entropy
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...
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:45 pm
- Forum: Concepts & Calculations Using First Law of Thermodynamics
- Topic: Using Kelvin [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 457
Re: Using Kelvin [ENDORSED]
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...
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:41 pm
- Forum: Calculating Work of Expansion
- Topic: w in a calorimeter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 413
Re: w in a calorimeter
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.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:18 pm
- Forum: Phase Changes & Related Calculations
- Topic: U = 3/2 nRT
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2036
Re: U = 3/2 nRT
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...
- Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:26 pm
- Forum: Balancing Redox Reactions
- Topic: Basic and Acidic conditions [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6924
Re: Basic and Acidic conditions [ENDORSED]
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.
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:50 pm
- Forum: Calculating Work of Expansion
- Topic: different ways to calculate w
- Replies: 4
- Views: 576
Re: different ways to calculate w
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...
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:59 pm
- Forum: Thermodynamic Definitions (isochoric/isometric, isothermal, isobaric)
- Topic: Temperature and Δ U
- Replies: 2
- Views: 467
Re: Temperature and Δ U
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...
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:31 am
- Forum: Thermodynamic Systems (Open, Closed, Isolated)
- Topic: Second Law of Thermodynamics [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 964
Second Law of Thermodynamics [ENDORSED]
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?
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:33 pm
- Forum: Thermodynamic Systems (Open, Closed, Isolated)
- Topic: Entropy of an Isolated System
- Replies: 4
- Views: 820
Entropy of an Isolated System
Why is it that the entropy of an isolated system either increases or remains constant? Why is it that it never decreases?
- Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:47 am
- Forum: Phase Changes & Related Calculations
- Topic: Questions about Heat
- Replies: 3
- Views: 332
Questions about Heat
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?
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 12:58 am
- Forum: Naming
- Topic: Naming to Formula
- Replies: 1
- Views: 401
Naming to Formula
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...
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 10:32 pm
- Forum: *Titrations & Titration Calculations
- Topic: Switching Ka to Kb [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 947
Re: Switching Ka to Kb [ENDORSED]
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...
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:21 am
- Forum: Naming
- Topic: Bonding areas
- Replies: 2
- Views: 517
Re: Bonding areas
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-
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-
- Sun Jul 10, 2016 9:10 pm
- Forum: Determining Molecular Shape (VSEPR)
- Topic: Double bonds and regions of electron density
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1555
Double bonds and regions of electron density
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-?
- Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:42 am
- Forum: Ionic & Covalent Bonds
- Topic: Covalent vs ionic character
- Replies: 2
- Views: 660
Re: Covalent vs ionic character
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...
- Sun Jun 26, 2016 4:54 pm
- Forum: Wave Functions and s-, p-, d-, f- Orbitals
- Topic: Orbital Shape for Larger Quantum Numbers [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 636
Re: Orbital Shape for Larger Quantum Numbers [ENDORSED]
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.