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- Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:27 am
- Forum: Calculating Work of Expansion
- Topic: Potential/Residual Entropy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 485
Re: Potential/Residual Entropy
The equation given doesn't account for the thermal entropy of molecules and we haven't done any problems that deal with calculating thermal entropy so I think we only need to know how to calculate potential entropy using S = kB * ln W
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:21 am
- Forum: Phase Changes & Related Calculations
- Topic: General formula for phase changes for enthalpy.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 845
Re: General formula for phase changes for enthalpy.
When you're asked to find the required heat for some substance to undergo a phase change and you're given a mass, you usually convert it to moles first because enthalpies are generally given in kJ/mol so you'd have to find the moles of the sample to make the units cancel. So convert grams->moles the...
- Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:38 am
- Forum: Thermodynamic Definitions (isochoric/isometric, isothermal, isobaric)
- Topic: Intensive vs. Extensive
- Replies: 1
- Views: 556
Re: Intensive vs. Extensive
Extensive properties depend on the amount of a sample you have while intensive does not. For heat capacity, the larger the sample you have, the more heat is required to change the temperature of that sample. For specific heat capacity, it doesn't depend on how large or small your sample is; the amou...
- Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:33 am
- Forum: *Alkanes and Substituted Alkanes (Staggered, Eclipsed, Gauche, Anti, Newman Projections)
- Topic: Electron Density and Conformations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1401
Re: Electron Density and Conformations
Electron density plays a role in the stability of molecules. If there is high electron-electron repulsion between adjacent atoms, then there will be greater steric strain and the molecule will be less stable than its conformation that reduces this strain. Because some conformations are so unstable, ...
- Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:28 am
- Forum: *Cyclohexanes (Chair, Boat, Geometric Isomers)
- Topic: Stability of chair and boat isomers
- Replies: 1
- Views: 470
Re: Stability of chair and boat isomers
Think of the molecule in 3D space. In the chair conformation, one CH2 is pointed down while the one opposite of it is pointed up. There is no angle, torsional, or steric strain because of the positions of the atoms and the minimizing of electron repulsion. In a chair conformation, however, there is ...
- Sat Feb 11, 2017 6:22 pm
- Forum: Balancing Redox Reactions
- Topic: Ozone as an oxidizing agent [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 500
Re: Ozone as an oxidizing agent [ENDORSED]
Ozone would be the oxidizing agent because of the BrO3- that forms in the reaction. In BrO3-, each oxygen has a -2 oxidation state, which means that the oxygen went from 0 in ozone to -2 in BrO3-. The oxygen was reduced, making it the oxidizing agent.
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:29 pm
- Forum: Galvanic/Voltaic Cells, Calculating Standard Cell Potentials, Cell Diagrams
- Topic: order of galvanic cell
- Replies: 2
- Views: 646
Re: order of galvanic cell
The right-hand electrode in the diagram is treated as the location where reduction occurs while the left-hand electrode is treated as the site of oxidation. The sign of the cell potential will tell you if the reaction is spontaneous in that direction or if the reverse reaction is spontaneous. So you...
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 10:35 pm
- Forum: Calculating Work of Expansion
- Topic: Reversible vs irreversible equations
- Replies: 3
- Views: 828
Re: Reversible vs irreversible equations
We need to know which equations to use on our own. For irreversible expansions, the pressure is constant so we use w=-P(delta V) and for reversible expansions we use w=-nRT(ln(V2/V1)). Those equations will be given to us on the formula sheet, however, we must select the appropriate one to solve the ...
- Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:02 pm
- Forum: Concepts & Calculations Using First Law of Thermodynamics
- Topic: Related to work on and by
- Replies: 1
- Views: 424
Re: Related to work on and by
When the question says that work is done on the system, it means that some external force is applied to the system, such as an increase in pressure. Think of a bike pump--when you push the handle down, the pressure in the ball or tire or whatever you are pumping up (which would be the system) is exp...
- Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:19 pm
- Forum: Reaction Enthalpies (e.g., Using Hess’s Law, Bond Enthalpies, Standard Enthalpies of Formation)
- Topic: Defining Enthalpy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 389
Re: Defining Enthalpy
Enthalpy is the heat of the reaction and allows us to monitor the energy changes that occur when the pressure is constant. Since the definition of enthalpy states that pressure is constant, we will always make that assumption in our calculations. To find the enthalpy, you find the sum of the interna...
- Thu Dec 01, 2016 7:02 pm
- Forum: Student Social/Study Group
- Topic: Post All Chemistry Jokes Here
- Replies: 9651
- Views: 2962894
- Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:49 pm
- Forum: Calculating pH or pOH for Strong & Weak Acids & Bases
- Topic: Chapter 12 question 27
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2250
Re: Chapter 12 question 27
For part (a), you would begin by using the 200.0 mL volume and the molarity of the HCl solution. HCl is a strong acid so we can assume 100% dissociation; therefore, the moles of HCl are equal to the moles of hydronium ions present. Since we know the volume and molarity (which is moles per liter), we...
- Mon Nov 28, 2016 12:18 pm
- Forum: Student Social/Study Group
- Topic: Post All Chemistry Jokes Here
- Replies: 9651
- Views: 2962894
Re: Post All Chemistry Jokes Here
Sodium doesn't take "Na" for an answer.
- Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:21 pm
- Forum: Lewis Acids & Bases
- Topic: Textbook Problem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 557
Re: Textbook Problem
The images show the molecules of the acids with the hydronium ions being the gray spheres and the conjugate bases being the colored spheres. Recall that a strong acid dissociates completely in water. When comparing the images, the strongest acid would show the gray and colored spheres completely sep...
- Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:29 am
- Forum: General Science Questions
- Topic: MO Energy Diagrams [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1081
Re: MO Energy Diagrams [ENDORSED]
You just use the periodic table! The nuclear charge is the same as the atomic number, and, therefore, the total number of protons in that element's nucleus. For example, Oxygen has an atomic number of 8 so it has 8 protons in its nucleus, and its nuclear charge is 8. So if the element is lower than ...
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 7:34 pm
- Forum: *Molecular Orbital Theory (Bond Order, Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism)
- Topic: Homo and Lomo
- Replies: 1
- Views: 893
Re: Homo and Lomo
HOMO and LOMO refers to the electron configuration of excited atoms. The electron is excited by a photon and one of the valence electrons transitions from the highest occupied molecular orbital to the lowest unoccupied orbital. So if an electron is in the sigma star molecular orbital, and the lowest...
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:17 pm
- Forum: Student Social/Study Group
- Topic: Post All Chemistry Jokes Here
- Replies: 9651
- Views: 2962894
Re: Post All Chemistry Jokes Here
Florence Flask was getting ready for the opera. All of a sudden, she screamed: "Erlenmeyer, my joules! Somebody has stolen my joules!" The husband replied, "Calm down, honey. We'll find a solution."
- Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:17 pm
- Forum: Student Social/Study Group
- Topic: Post All Chemistry Jokes Here
- Replies: 9651
- Views: 2962894
Re: Post All Chemistry Jokes Here
Anions aren't negative, they're just misunderstood.
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 3:33 pm
- Forum: Student Social/Study Group
- Topic: Post All Chemistry Jokes Here
- Replies: 9651
- Views: 2962894
Re: Post All Chemistry Jokes Here
This is relevant to what we've talked about in class this week haha
- Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:15 pm
- Forum: Wave Functions and s-, p-, d-, f- Orbitals
- Topic: Shells, Subshells, and Orbitals
- Replies: 1
- Views: 648
Shells, Subshells, and Orbitals
If anyone is as confused as I was about the differences between these three, I found this video extremely helpful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5knCXCsX4s0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5knCXCsX4s0
- Sat Oct 01, 2016 1:34 pm
- Forum: Properties of Light
- Topic: calculating wavelength [ENDORSED]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 950
Re: calculating wavelength [ENDORSED]
For these sorts of problems, will we be given the conversion in the question so we don't have to memorize all of the different values?