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100

These are a blending of atomic orbitals to create orbitals of intermediate energy.

hybrid orbitals

100

Widely considered to be the father of the periodic table.

Dmitri Mendeleev

100

pH range of bases at standard conditions

>7

100

Consider a 1.53- L sample of gaseous SO2 at a pressure of 5.6 × 103 Pa. If the pressure is changed to 1.5 × 104 Pa at a constant temperature, what will be the new volume of the gas?

0.57 L

100

AKA the 1st Law of Thermodynamics

Law of Conservation of Energy

200

These come from the sideways overlap of p atomic orbitals.

pi bonds


200

Famous For: Being the first “Modern Chemist” this scientist has a law named after him that relates the pressure and volume of a gas.

Robert Boyle

200

The pH of 0.1-molar sodium hydroxide is

13

200

A sample of gas at 15oC and 1 atm has a volume of 2.58 L. What volume will this gas occupy at 38oC and 1 atm?

2.79 L

200

The energy required to reach the transition state.

Activation energy

300

How is the xenon atom in XeF4 hybridized?

sp3d2

300

Englishman who gave us the basis for modern atomic theory.

John Dalton

300

Lewis definition

donates an electron pair

300

The density of a gas was measured at 1.50 atm and 27oC and found to be 1.95 g/L. Calculate the molar mass of the gas.

32.0 g/mol

300

When solid ammonium chloride, NH4Cl(s) is added to water at 25 °C, it dissolves and the temperature of the solution decreases. Describe  the values of ΔH and ΔS for the dissolving process?

400

How many pi and sigma bonds are found in a molecule of C2H2?

1 pi and 5 sigma

400

Famous For: Being the “Father of Chemical Warfare” and synthesizing ammonia used in fertilizers and explosives. 

Fritz Haber

400

Calculate the pH for a 15.0 M solution of NH3 (Kb = 1.8 × 10−5).

12.20

400

The partial pressure of oxygen was observed to be 156 torr in air with a total atmospheric pressure of 743 torr. Calculate the mole fraction of O2 present.

0.210

400

When solid NH4SCN is mixed with solid Ba(OH)2 in a closed container, the temperature drops and a gas is produced. Indicate  the correct signs for ΔG, ΔH, and ΔS for the process?

ΔG -

ΔH +

ΔS +

500

What is the bond angle in water?

104.5 degrees

500

Swedish inventor, engineer and industrialist who had obtained a total of 355 patents in his lifetime. He was most well-known for inventing dynamite, and for developing some more powerful explosives and detonators to effectively ignite them.

Alfred Nobel

500

accept more than one H+



polyprotic bases

500

Suppose we have a 12.2-L sample containing 0.50 mol oxygen gas (O2) at a pressure of 1 atm and a temperature of 25oC. If all this O2 were converted to ozone (O3) at the same temperature and pressure, what would be the volume of the ozone?

8.1 L

500

Cu(s) + 2 Ag+ → Cu2+ + 2 Ag(s)

If the equilibrium constant for the reaction above is 3.7 × 1015,  describe the standard voltage, E°, and the standard free energy change, ΔG°, for this reaction?

E° +

ΔG° -

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