Foundation Chemistry I - CHM 092 July - November 2020: Tutorial 1 (Topic 1)
Foundation Chemistry I - CHM 092 July - November 2020: Tutorial 1 (Topic 1)
Foundation Chemistry I - CHM 092 July - November 2020: Tutorial 1 (Topic 1)
1. Define the following terms: atom, ion, atomic element, molecular element, molecular compound, and ionic
compound. Give an example of all the terms.
2. Define an isotope. Explain why do isotope of an element exhibit similar chemical behavior.
3. Write the symbols (mass number, atomic number and chemical symbol) of the following Isotopes. (use a
periodic table if needed)
(a) an isotope of silver which contains 60 neutrons :
(b) an isotope of oxygen which contains 6 neutrons:
5. The chemical symbols given below describe three elements X, Y, Z (not the actual symbols of the
element)
14
7 X3- 272
92 Y 40
20 Z2+
b) Write a complete symbol to represent an isotope of Y which contains the number of neutrons twice
the number of protons.
11. Consider the equation: 3NO2 (g) + H2O(l) → HNO3 (aq) + 2NO(g)
Is the above equation is balanced?
13. Perform the following operation to the correct number of significant figures.
14. An iron nail is composed of four isotopes with the percentage abundances and atomic masses given
in the following table. Calculate the average atomic mass of iron.
15. Determine the moles of sodium atoms corresponds to 1.56 x 1021 atoms of sodium.
(Answer: 5.08 L)
17. Calculate the molar mass for each of the following
a) NaHCO3
b) K2Cr2O7
c) (NH4)2CO3
(Answer: 84, 2.9 x 102, 96)
18. Chlorine is used by textile manufactures to bleach cloth. Excess chlorine is destroyed by its reaction
with sodium thiosulfate, Na2S2O3, as follows:
a) Determine the mole of Na2S2O3 needed to react with 0.12 mol of Cl2.
b) Identify the amount of HCl that can be formed from 0.12 mol of Cl2.
c) Calculate the amount of H2O required for the reaction of 0.12 mol of Cl2.
(Answer: 0.03 mol Na2S2O3 , 0.24 mol HCl, 0.15 mol H2O)
19. A sample of naturally occurring silicon consists Si-28 (amu = 27.9769), Si-29 (amu = 28.9765) and
Si-30 (amu = 29.9738). If the atomic mass of silicon is 28.0855 and the natural abundance of Si-29
is 4.7%, determine the natural abundances of Si-28 and Si-30.
20. When 0.684 g of an organic compound containing only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen was burned
in oxygen, 1.312 g CO2 and 0.805 g H2O was obtained. Identify the empirical formula of the
compound.
(Answer: C2H6O)
21. A hydrate of copper (II) sulfate with formula CuSO4.xH2O has a molar mass of 250.0 g/mol.
An experiment was begun with 75.0 g of Ba(NO3)2 and an excess of Na2SO4 After collecting and
drying the product, 64.45 g of BaSO4 was obtained. Calculate the theoretical yield and percentage
yield of BaSO4.
(Answer: 66.97 g, 96.24 %)
24. Ferrocene, Fe(C5H5)2(s) can be prepared by reacting 3.0 g of FeCl2(s) with an equal mass of
cyclopentadiene, C5H6(l) and 200.00 mL of 0.200 M KOH solution as shown in the following reaction.
25. A 15.0 mL solution of potassium nitrate (KNO3) was diluted to 125.0 mL and 25 mL of this solution
were then diluted to 1.0 x 103 mL. The concentration of the final solution is 0.00383 M. Calculate the
concentration of the original solution.
(Answer: 1.28 M)
26. When iron (II) hydroxide is mixed with phosphoric acid, iron (II) phosphate is obtained according to
the following equation:
27. Calculate the atom economy for making hydrogen by reacting coal with steam.
29. A 4 g sugar cube (Sucrose: C12H22O11) is dissolved in a 350 mL teacup of 80 °C water. Determine
the molality of the sugar solution. (Density of water at 80° = 0.975 g/mL)
30. Reaction between manganese (II) chloride with ammonium carbonate solutions produced
manganese (II) carbonate and ammonium chloride.