Chemical Combinations and Moles Concept
Chemical Combinations and Moles Concept
Chemical Combinations and Moles Concept
Imagine you have a box of building blocks. Each building block is like a tiny piece of matter.
Now, let's say you take two different kinds of building blocks and put them together. When you
do that, you create something new! This coming together of different building blocks is what
we call chemical combination.
There are four laws of chemical combination which describe the general features of a
chemical change. Although research has shown that these laws are only approximately
correct, they still form the basis of chemistry.They are ;
📌These ratios are different, but they are still simple and whole numbers. The Law of Multiple
Proportion holds true because the amounts of copper and oxygen combine in neat and tidy
ratios when forming different copper oxides.
🌹EXAMPLE 1:
Oxygen and sulfur react with copper to give copper oxide and copper sulfide, respectively.
Sulfur and oxygen also react with each other to form SO2. Therefore,
📌In CuS:
Cu:S = 63.5 : 32
📌In CuO:
Cu:O = 63.5:16
S:O = 32:16
S:O = 2:1
📌Now in SO2:
S:O = 32:32
S:O = 1:1
This is a simple multiple ratio and it obeys the law of RECIPROCAL PROPORTION ✅
🌹EXAMPLE 2: A metal M forms two oxides, X and Y with oxygen. 5.70g of X contains 0.64g
of Oxygen while 3.80g of Y contains 0.76g of oxygen,on analysis. What law of chemical
combination does this represent? [M=64, O=16]
❤ SOLUTION
M:O = 1:1
✅
Hence, we can conclude that the ratio of M which combines separately with a fixed mole of
oxygen is a simple ratio which agrees with the law of MULTIPLE PROPORTION
❤ mole the number of C atoms in exactly 12.0 grams of 12C; also a number, 6.02 x 10²³ just
as the word "dozen" means 12 and "couple" means 2.
📌For Solutions :
no. of moles = concentration (mol/dm³) × volume (dm³)
n = number of moles
🌹SOLVED EXAMPLE
Calculate the number of moles present in
💥SOLUTION
a). Mole = mass/molar mass
Mole = 4.25×10²¹/6.02×10²³
Mole = 0.71×10-²
Mole = 7.1×10-³mol ✅
🌹 AVOGADRO'S CONSTANT, NA.
Though, we had already discussed Avogadro's constant earlier but we want to buttress more
on it.
Avogadro's number is represented as 6.02×10²³ and it is called this in respect of the Italian
scientist, Amedo Avogadro who discovered that the mole of any substance contains
6.02×10²³particles. The particles mentioned here can be Atoms, Molecules, Ions, Formula
Units, Electrons, e.t.c.
Hence, we can say that "a mole of any substance be it atoms, molecules or ions contains
6.02×10²³particles💥❤
Gotten Right? 🤭🥰
If yes, then tell me: DADDY, YOU ARE DOING WELL 😂😂
🌹WORKED EXAMPLE
What is the number of Hydrogen ions present in a solution containing 4.9g of H2SO4? [H=1,
S=32, O=16]
💥 SOLUTION
First of all, let's write out the Dissociation of H2SO4:
Knowing this, let's go ahead to calculate for the number of moles of H2SO4 present in the
solution;
But from the question, 1mol of H2SO4 dissociates to give 2mols of H+; hence 0.05mol will
give 0.05×2 = 0.1mol.
= 6.02×10²²hydrogen ions ☑ ❤
Simple Right?