Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter
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Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter
Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.1
How many moles of aluminum...Ch. 3 - In a reaction to synthesize nitrogen triiodide....Ch. 3 - Your laboratory balance can weigh samples to three...Ch. 3 - How many atoms of gold are there in one ounce of...Ch. 3 - What is the average mass of one molecule of table...Ch. 3 - Most chemistry laboratories have balances that can...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.7
Aluminum sulfate is...Ch. 3 - How many moles of nitrogen atoms are combined with...Ch. 3 - Sodium bicarbonate is used to soften water. How...Ch. 3 - How many grams of iron arc needed to combine with...
Ch. 3 - Bromine trifluoride explodes upon contact with...Ch. 3 - When 0.5462 g of a compound was decomposed. 0.2012...Ch. 3 - An organic compound weighing 0.6672 g is...Ch. 3 - Calculate the theoretical percentage composition...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.15
Calculate the theoretical...Ch. 3 - A 1.525 g sample of a compound between nitrogen...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.17
Sulfur forms two different...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.18
A compound of nitrogen and...Ch. 3 - When aluminum it produced by electrolysis we get...Ch. 3 - A white solid used to whiten paper has the...Ch. 3 - Cinnamon gets some of its flavor from...Ch. 3 - Prob. 22PECh. 3 - Prob. 23PECh. 3 - The empirical formula of hydrazine is NH2 and its...Ch. 3 - After determining that the empirical formulas of...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.26
When aqueous solutions of...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.27
Write the balanced chemical...Ch. 3 - In the reaction 2SO2(g)+O2(g)2SO3(g), how many...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.29
How many moles of sulfuric...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.30
Using the information in...Ch. 3 - How many grams of carbon dioxide are produced by...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.32
The reaction between the...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.33
In an industrial process...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.34
In the synthesis of aspirin...Ch. 3 - Practice Exercise 3.35
Ethanol, , can be converted...Ch. 3 - In producing a certain drug, one synthetic route...Ch. 3 - What is the definition of the mole?Ch. 3 - 3.2 Why are moles used, when all stoichiometry...Ch. 3 - Which contains more molecules:...Ch. 3 - How would Avogadros number change if the atomic...Ch. 3 - 3.5 What information is required to convert grams...Ch. 3 - Using atomic mass units, how would you estimate...Ch. 3 - How many moles of iron atoms are in one mole of...Ch. 3 - Write all the mole-to-mole conversion factors that...Ch. 3 - What information is required to convert grams of a...Ch. 3 - Why is the expression 1.0 mol of oxygen ambiguous?...Ch. 3 - 3.11 The atomic mass of aluminum is 26.98. What...Ch. 3 - 3.12 If you are given the mass of two elements and...Ch. 3 - How can percentage composition be used to identify...Ch. 3 - In general, what fundamental information, obtained...Ch. 3 - 3.15 Why can percentage composition be used to...Ch. 3 - Why are empirical formulas always used for ionic...Ch. 3 - 3.17 Under what circumstances can we change, or...Ch. 3 - How many distinct empirical formulas are shown by...Ch. 3 - 3.19 When balancing a chemical reaction, what...Ch. 3 - When given the unbalanced equation...Ch. 3 - Give a step-by-step procedure for estimating the...Ch. 3 - Prob. 22RQCh. 3 - 3.23 What information is required to determine how...Ch. 3 - A mixture of 0.020 mol of Mg and 0.020 mol of Cl2...Ch. 3 - In a report to a supervisor, a chemist described...Ch. 3 - On April 16, 1947, in Texas City, Texas, two cargo...Ch. 3 - What is a limiting reactant? And why does the...Ch. 3 - Molecules containing A and B react to form AB as...Ch. 3 - 3.29 Explain why the actual yield is always less...Ch. 3 - Prob. 30RQCh. 3 - 3.31 Determine the mass in grams of each of die...Ch. 3 - Determine the mass in grams of the following: (a)...Ch. 3 - 3.33 Calculate the formula mass of each of the...Ch. 3 - Calculate the formula mass of each of the...Ch. 3 - Calculate the mass in grams of the following. (a)...Ch. 3 - What is the mass in grams of the following? (a)...Ch. 3 - Calculate the number of moles of each compound in...Ch. 3 - Calculate the number of moles of each compound in...Ch. 3 - How many moles of nickel are in 17.7 g of Ni?Ch. 3 - How many moles of chromium are in 85.7 g of Cr?Ch. 3 - How many moles of tantalum atoms correspond to...Ch. 3 - How many moles of iodine molecules correspond to...Ch. 3 - 3.43 A nanotechnology experiment requires atoms...Ch. 3 - What is the mass, in grams, of 41017 atoms of gold...Ch. 3 - 3.45 How many atoms are in 6.00 g of carbon-12?
Ch. 3 - How many atoms are in 1.50 mol of carbon-12? How...Ch. 3 - Sucrose (table sugar) has the formula C12H22O11....Ch. 3 - Nail polish remover is usually the volatile liquid...Ch. 3 - 3.79 How many moles of Bi atoms are needed to...Ch. 3 - 3.50 How many moles of vanadium atoms, V, are...Ch. 3 - How many moles of Cr are in 2.16 mol of Cr2O3?Ch. 3 - How many moles of O atoms are in 4.25 mol of...Ch. 3 - Aluminum sulfate, Al2(SO4)3, is a compound used in...Ch. 3 - Magnetite is a magnetic iron ore. Its formula is...Ch. 3 - 3.55 How many moles of H2andN2 can be formed by...Ch. 3 - 3.56 How many moles of S are needed to combine...Ch. 3 - 3.57 How many moles of UF6 would have to be...Ch. 3 - 3.58 How many moles of Fe3O4 are required to...Ch. 3 - 3.59 How many atoms of carbon are combined with...Ch. 3 - 3.60 How many atoms of hydrogen are found in 2.31...Ch. 3 - 3.61 What is the total number of C, H, and O atoms...Ch. 3 - 3.62 What is the total number of N, H, and O atoms...Ch. 3 - 3.63 Calcium carbide, CaC2, was once used to make...Ch. 3 - 3.64 Iodized salt contains a trace amount of...Ch. 3 - How many moles of nitrogen, N, are in 0.650 mol of...Ch. 3 - 3.66 How many moles of nitrogen, N, are in 0.556...Ch. 3 - 3.67 How many kilograms of a fertilizer made of...Ch. 3 - 3.68 How many kilograms of a fertilizer made of...Ch. 3 - 3.69 Calculate the percentage composition by mass...Ch. 3 - Calculate the percentage composition by mass for...Ch. 3 - Which has a higher percentage of oxygen: morphine...Ch. 3 - Which has a higher percentage of nitrogen:...Ch. 3 - Freon is a trade name for a group of gaseous...Ch. 3 - Which has a higher percentage of fluorine:...Ch. 3 - It was found that 2.35 g of a compound of...Ch. 3 - Prob. 76RQCh. 3 - Phencyclidine (angel dust) is C17H25N. A sample...Ch. 3 - The hallucinogenic drug LSD has the molecular...Ch. 3 - How many grams of O are combined with 7.141021...Ch. 3 - How many grams of C are combined with 4.251023...Ch. 3 - Write empirical formulas for the following...Ch. 3 - What are the empirical formulas of the following...Ch. 3 - 3.83 Radioactive sodium pertechnetate is used as a...Ch. 3 - A sample of Freon was found to contain 0.423 g of...Ch. 3 - 3.85 Cinnamic acid, a compound related to the...Ch. 3 - 3.86 Vanillin, a compound used as a flavoring...Ch. 3 - A dry-cleaning fluid composed of only carbon and...Ch. 3 - One compound of mercury with a molar mass of 519...Ch. 3 - When 0.684 g of an organic compound containing...Ch. 3 - Prob. 90RQCh. 3 - 3.91 When 6.853 mg of a sex hormone was burned in...Ch. 3 - When a sample of a compound in the vitamin D...Ch. 3 - The following are empirical formulas and the...Ch. 3 - The following are empirical formulas and the...Ch. 3 - The compound described in Problem 3.91 was found...Ch. 3 - 3.96 The compound described in Problem 3.92 was...Ch. 3 - A sample of a compound of mercury and bromine with...Ch. 3 - A 0.6662 g sample of antimonal saffron, which is a...Ch. 3 - A sample of a compound of C, H, N, and O, was...Ch. 3 - 3.100 Strychnine, a deadly poison, has a formula...Ch. 3 - Prob. 101RQCh. 3 - Balance the following equations....Ch. 3 - Write the following as balanced chemical...Ch. 3 - 3.104 Write the following as balanced chemical...Ch. 3 - Prob. 105RQCh. 3 - Prob. 106RQCh. 3 - 3.107 The balanced chemical equation for the...Ch. 3 - 3.108 Draw a molecular-level diagram for the...Ch. 3 - 3.109 Write the equation that expresses in...Ch. 3 - The conversion of one air pollutant, nitrogen...Ch. 3 - A balanced chemical equation contains the term...Ch. 3 - 3.112 A balanced chemical equation contains the...Ch. 3 - 3.113 Chlorine is used by textile manufacturers to...Ch. 3 - The octane in gasoline burns according to the...Ch. 3 - Propane burns according to the following equation:...Ch. 3 - The following reaction is used to extract gold...Ch. 3 - The incandescent white of a fireworks display is...Ch. 3 - The combustion of butane, C4Hl0, produces carbon...Ch. 3 - In dilute nitric acid, HNO3, copper metal...Ch. 3 - 3.120 The reaction of hydrazine, , with hydrogen...Ch. 3 - Oxygen gas can be produced in the laboratory by...Ch. 3 - Oxygen gas can be produced in the laboratory by...Ch. 3 - Using the balanced equation...Ch. 3 - 3.124 Using the balanced chemical equation in...Ch. 3 - The thermite reaction between powdered aluminum...Ch. 3 - 3.126 Ethanol is synthesized for industrial use...Ch. 3 - 3.127 Silver nitrate, , reacts with iron(III)...Ch. 3 - Chlorine dioxide, ClO2, has been used as a...Ch. 3 - Some of the acid in acid rain is produced by the...Ch. 3 - Phosphorus pentachloride reacts with water to give...Ch. 3 - Barium sulfate, BaSO4, is made by the following...Ch. 3 - Prob. 132RQCh. 3 - Aluminum sulfate can be made by the following...Ch. 3 - 3.134 The combustion of methyl alcohol in an...Ch. 3 - Manganese(III) fluoride, MnF3, can be prepared by...Ch. 3 - Prob. 136RQCh. 3 - Mercury is an environmental pollutant because it...Ch. 3 - Prob. 138RQCh. 3 - Prob. 139RQCh. 3 - *3.140 A compound of Ca, C, N, and S was subjected...Ch. 3 - 3.141 Ammonium nitrate will detonate if ignited in...Ch. 3 - A lawn fertilizer is rated as 6.00% nitrogen,...Ch. 3 - Nitrogen is the active ingredient in many...Ch. 3 - Based solely on the amount of available carbon,...Ch. 3 - According to NASA, the space shuttles external...Ch. 3 - For a research project, a student decided to test...Ch. 3 - 3.147 Chlorine atoms cause chain reactions in the...Ch. 3 - Lime, CaO, can be produced in two steps as shown...Ch. 3 - A newspaper story describing the local celebration...Ch. 3 - Suppose you had one mole of pennies and you were...Ch. 3 - Using the above two questions as examples, devise...Ch. 3 - 3.152 List the different: ways in which a chemist...
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