Physical Means, It Is - .: Part I. 4 Points Each - Circle Your Answers

CH141, Fall 2017 Exam 1 - PRACTICE
Part I. 4 points each – Circle your answers
1. If a sample of matter is uniform throughout and cannot be separated into other substances by
physical means, it is _______.
A) a compound
B) either a compound or an element
C) a homogeneous mixture
D) a heterogeneous mixture
E) an element
2. Which of the following would be an extensive property for a given substance?

A) density
B) mass
C) temperature
D) melting point
E) formula weight
3. Which of the following fragments would not appear in a mass spectrum of boron trifluoride?
11 +
A) BF2
10 +
B) BF2
11
C) BF2
10 +
D) BF3
10 +
E) B
4. If 5 mol of both hydrochloric acid and sodium sulfide are reacted according to the unbalanced
equation below, how many moles of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) are produced?
2 HCl (aq) + Na2S (s) à H2S (g) + 2 NaCl (aq)
A) 1 mol
B) 1.25 mol
C) 2.5 mol
D) 3 mol
E) 5 mol
5. Which of the following is not a physical process?

A) distillation
B) filtration
C) chromatography
D) evaporation
E) none of the above
Part II. 8-16 points each
6. Complete the following table (all empty cells):
NAME FORMULA
nitric acid HNO3
carbon tetrabromide CBr4
ammonium phosphate (NH4)3PO4
iron(III) oxide Fe2O3
7. Complete the following table (all empty cells in both rows):
# of # of atomic mass
Symbol # of protons
neutrons electrons number number
51
V5+ 23 28 18 23 51
34 2–
S 16 18 18 16 34
8. What mass (in grams) of glucose contains 3.14 x 1024 molecules of glucose (Molar mass of
glucose = 180.16 g/mol)?
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑔𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒
3.14 𝑥 10!" 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒 …
6.022 𝑥 10!" 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒
180.16 𝑔 𝑔𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒
• = 939 𝑔 𝑔𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑔𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒
9. Selenium, an element used in the manufacture of solar energy devices, forms an oxide that
contains only one atom of selenium and is 37.8% oxygen by mass. What is the molecular formula
of the oxide?
Oxide molecular formula = SeOx
𝑔
𝑥 • 15.9994 𝑚𝑜𝑙
% 𝑂 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 = 𝑔 𝑔 • 100% = 37.8 %
1 • 78.971 𝑚𝑜𝑙 + 𝑥 • 15.9994 𝑚𝑜𝑙
15.9994 𝑥 = 0.378 15.9994 𝑥 + 78.971
𝑥 = 2.99961
Oxide molecular formula = SeO3
10. Using a mass spectrometer, you measure the abundances of 3 naturally occurring silicon (Si)
isotopes as follows:
isotopic mass (amu) abundance

28 92.13 %
29 4.783 %
30 3.087 %
What is the average molar atomic mass of silicon based on your calculations?
It is reasonable to treat the isotopic masses as exact numbers. 1 amu = 1 g/mol
𝑔 𝑔 𝑔
𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 = 28 𝑚𝑜𝑙 • 0.9213 + 29 𝑚𝑜𝑙 • 0.04783 + 30 𝑚𝑜𝑙 • 0.03087
atomic mass of Si = 28.11 g/mol

11. Cubane, a component in rocket fuel, contains only carbon and hydrogen. The combustion of
0.322 g of cubane in excess oxygen produces 1.0885 g carbon dioxide and 0.2228 g water. If the
molecular mass of cubane is 104.15 g/mol, what is its molecular formula? (Molar masses that
may prove useful: CO2 = 44.0095 g/mol, H2O = 18.0153 g/mol)
Unbalanced reaction: CxHy (l) + O2 (g) à CO2 (g) + H2O (g)
Need molar quantity of CO2 and H2O…
𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝑂!
1.0885 𝑔 𝐶𝑂! = 2.47333 𝑥 10–! 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝑂!
44.0095 𝑔 𝐶𝑂!
∴ 2.47333 𝑥 10–! 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠
𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐻! 𝑂
0.2228 𝑔 𝐻! 𝑂 = 1.2367 𝑥 10–! 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐻! 𝑂
18.0153 𝑔 𝐻! 𝑂
∴ 2.4734 𝑥 10–! 𝑚𝑜𝑙 ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠
Empirical formula of cubane: CH Molecular formula of cubane: CxHx
𝑔/ 𝑔/ 𝑔/
𝐹𝑊 = 𝑥 • 12.0107 𝑚𝑜𝑙 + 𝑥 • 1.00794 𝑚𝑜𝑙 = 104.15 𝑚𝑜𝑙
13.01864 𝑥 = 104.15 13.01864 𝑥 = 104.15 𝒙 = 𝟖. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟕
Molecular formula of cubane: C8H8

12. Plants sequester carbon dioxide by converting it into cellulose (C6H10O5) through a process that
can be (greatly) simplified to the chemical equation shown below.
6 CO2 (g) + 5 H2O (l) à C6H10O5 (s) + 6 O2 (g)
a) Add coefficients to the equation above to properly balance the equation above.
b) What mass of water is required for a tree to produce 1.000 kg of cellulose by this process?
𝐹𝑊 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 =
𝑔 𝑔 𝑔
= 6 • 12.0107 + 10 • 1.00794 + 5 • 15.9994
𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑙
𝑔
= 162.1406
𝑚𝑜𝑙
1000 𝑔 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 5 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟

1.000 𝑘𝑔 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 …
1 𝑘𝑔 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 162.1406 𝑔 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒
18.0153 𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟
= 555.5 𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟

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CH141, Fall 2017 Exam 1 - PRACTICE

Part I. 4 points each – Circle your answers

2. Which of the following would be an extensive property for a given substance?

5. Which of the following is not a physical process?

6. Complete the following table (all empty cells):

carbon tetrabromide CBr4

ammonium phosphate (NH4)3PO4

iron(III) oxide Fe2O3

7. Complete the following table (all empty cells in both rows):

Oxide molecular formula = SeOx

15.9994 𝑥 = 0.378 15.9994 𝑥 + 78.971

Oxide molecular formula = SeO3

isotopic mass (amu) abundance

It is reasonable to treat the isotopic masses as exact numbers. 1 amu = 1 g/mol

atomic mass of Si = 28.11 g/mol

Unbalanced reaction: CxHy (l) + O2 (g) à CO2 (g) + H2O (g)

Need molar quantity of CO2 and H2O…

∴ 2.47333 𝑥 10–! 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠

∴ 2.4734 𝑥 10–! 𝑚𝑜𝑙 ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠

Empirical formula of cubane: CH Molecular formula of cubane: CxHx

13.01864 𝑥 = 104.15 13.01864 𝑥 = 104.15 𝒙 = 𝟖. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟕

Molecular formula of cubane: C8H8

6 CO2 (g) + 5 H2O (l) à C6H10O5 (s) + 6 O2 (g)

1000 𝑔 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 5 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟

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