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Lucy Nakashima 1E

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

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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...

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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.

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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...

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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 ...

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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...

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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...

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Lucy Nakashima 1E

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...

Lucy Nakashima 1E

Sodium doesn't take "Na" for an answer.

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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...

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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 ...

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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...

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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."

Lucy Nakashima 1E

Anions aren't negative, they're just misunderstood.

Lucy Nakashima 1E

This is relevant to what we've talked about in class this week haha

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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

Lucy Nakashima 1E

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?

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