Formula sheets, the key method steps for every topic and 14 practice problems, with full solutions at the back.
10 g of CH4 and 32 g of O2 react according to CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O. What mass m of CO2 can form?
In the reaction 2Al + 3Cl2 → 2AlCl3, 12 g of Al reacts completely (the other reactants are in excess) and 46.26 g of AlCl3 is collected. Find the percent yield Y.
You need 1000 mL of 0.1 mol/L solution and have a 1.5 mol/L stock solution. What volume V1 of stock solution do you need?
50 mL of a 0.8 mol/L solution is mixed with 200 mL of a 1.2 mol/L solution of the same substance. Find the concentration c of the mixture (volumes are additive).
A tank of 20 L contains 330 g of O₂ at 100 °C. Treat it as an ideal gas and find the pressure P.
A fixed amount of Ar goes from 350 kPa, 10 L, 10 °C to 400 kPa and 70 °C. Find the new volume V2.
A 100 g block of copper (c = 0.385 J/(g·°C)) at 190 °C is dropped into 150 g of water (c = 4.18 J/(g·°C)) at 23 °C in an insulated cup. Find the final temperature Tf.
Use the standard enthalpies of formation to find ΔH° for the reaction 2C4H10 + 13O₂ → 8CO₂ + 10H₂O(l).
0.1 mol/L of H₂ and 0.1 mol/L of I₂ are put in a container and react: H₂ + I₂ ⇌ 2HI, with Kc = 64. Find the equilibrium concentration [H2].
PCl₅ decomposes: PCl₅ ⇌ PCl₃ + Cl₂, with Kc = 0.2 at the reaction temperature. A container starts with 0.2 mol/L of PCl₅ only. Find the equilibrium concentration [Cl2].
Find the pH pH of a 0.01 mol/L solution of hydrofluoric acid (Ka = 0.00068).
A buffer contains 0.4 mol/L lactic acid and 0.8 mol/L of its sodium salt. Ka = 0.00014. Find the pH pH of the buffer.
A reaction with rate law −rA = k·CA² has k = 0.05 L/(mol·min) and starts at 1 mol/L. Find the concentration CA after 30 min.
A first-order reaction has a rate constant of 0.05 s⁻¹ at 60 °C and an activation energy of 100 kJ/mol. Find the pre-exponential factor A in the Arrhenius equation.
Answer: m = 22 g
Stoichiometry: a balanced equation counts particles, not grams. Convert mass to moles with n = m/M, use the coefficients of the equation as the mole ratio, then convert back with m = n·M. With two reactants, the limiting reactant is the one that runs out first and fixes how much product forms.
Answer: Y = 78.01 %
Stoichiometry: a balanced equation counts particles, not grams. Convert mass to moles with n = m/M, use the coefficients of the equation as the mole ratio, then convert back with m = n·M. With two reactants, the limiting reactant is the one that runs out first and fixes how much product forms.
Answer: V1 = 66.67 mL
Molarity: concentration c = n/V in mol/L, with n = m/M. Diluting adds solvent but not solute, so the number of moles stays the same: c₁·V₁ = c₂·V₂. When two solutions of the same solute are mixed, the moles add up and so do the volumes.
Answer: c = 1.12 mol/L
Molarity: concentration c = n/V in mol/L, with n = m/M. Diluting adds solvent but not solute, so the number of moles stays the same: c₁·V₁ = c₂·V₂. When two solutions of the same solute are mixed, the moles add up and so do the volumes.
Answer: P = 1600 kPa
Ideal gas law: PV = nRT, with n = m/M.
Answer: V2 = 10.6 L
Combined gas law: for a fixed amount of ideal gas, P1V1/T1 = P2V2/T2.
Answer: Tf = 32.66 °C
Heat and enthalpy: heating a substance takes q = m·c·ΔT. In a calorimeter the heat lost by the hot object equals the heat gained by the cold one. The enthalpy change of a reaction follows from enthalpies of formation: ΔH° = ΣΔH°f(products) − ΣΔH°f(reactants), each multiplied by its coefficient.
Answer: ΔH° = −5755 kJ
Heat and enthalpy: heating a substance takes q = m·c·ΔT. In a calorimeter the heat lost by the hot object equals the heat gained by the cold one. The enthalpy change of a reaction follows from enthalpies of formation: ΔH° = ΣΔH°f(products) − ΣΔH°f(reactants), each multiplied by its coefficient.
Negative: the reaction gives off heat (exothermic).
Answer: [H2] = 0.02 mol/L
Chemical equilibrium: for aA + bB ⇌ cC + dD, the equilibrium constant is Kc = [C]c[D]d/([A]a[B]b), using concentrations at equilibrium. An ICE table (Initial, Change, Equilibrium) links the starting amounts to the equilibrium amounts through one unknown x, scaled by the coefficients.
Answer: [Cl2] = 0.1236 mol/L
Chemical equilibrium: for aA + bB ⇌ cC + dD, the equilibrium constant is Kc = [C]c[D]d/([A]a[B]b), using concentrations at equilibrium. An ICE table (Initial, Change, Equilibrium) links the starting amounts to the equilibrium amounts through one unknown x, scaled by the coefficients.
Answer: pH = 2.64
pH: pH = −log₁₀[H₃O⁺] and pOH = −log₁₀[OH⁻], with pH + pOH = 14 at 25 °C. Strong acids and bases ionise completely. A weak acid only partly: Ka = x²/(c − x), where x = [H₃O⁺]. A buffer of a weak acid and its conjugate base follows Henderson–Hasselbalch: pH = pKa + log([A⁻]/[HA]).
HA ⇌ H⁺ + A⁻: x mol/L of acid ionises.
Answer: pH = 4.155
pH: pH = −log₁₀[H₃O⁺] and pOH = −log₁₀[OH⁻], with pH + pOH = 14 at 25 °C. Strong acids and bases ionise completely. A weak acid only partly: Ka = x²/(c − x), where x = [H₃O⁺]. A buffer of a weak acid and its conjugate base follows Henderson–Hasselbalch: pH = pKa + log([A⁻]/[HA]).
Answer: CA = 0.4 mol/L
Reaction rates: for a first-order reaction −dC/dt = kC, so C = C₀·e−kt and the half-life ln 2/k does not depend on concentration. For a second-order reaction 1/C = 1/C₀ + kt. The rate constant rises with temperature following Arrhenius: k = A·e−Ea/(RT).
Answer: A = 2.391 × 10¹⁴ s⁻¹
Reaction rates: for a first-order reaction −dC/dt = kC, so C = C₀·e−kt and the half-life ln 2/k does not depend on concentration. For a second-order reaction 1/C = 1/C₀ + kt. The rate constant rises with temperature following Arrhenius: k = A·e−Ea/(RT).
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