Sunday, April 19, 2015

Q4 #2 Kinetics FRQs (Part2)

1d. k=[O3][NO]
1e. Step 1: O3 + NO --> O + NO3 is the slowest since it determines the rate of the reaction
2a. O3 + O --> 2O2
2b. Cl is the catalyst since it causes the reaction
2c. CLo is the intermediate since it is created in step 1 then used in step 2
2di. 2nd order
2dii. 1/M
2diii. Step 1 because it is the slower rate
3a. speed of molecule increasing,
3b. reaches Ea and begins declining
3c. k[C2H4][HCl]
3d. Cl- (g)
3e/f.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Q4 #1 - Kinetics FRQ (Part 1)

Mock FRQ Mistakes

1b. 21 kJ forgot how to do it
1c. drew triple bond instead of double bond for carbon
1d. didn't talk about LD forces and Hydrogen bonding
2a. 0.12M forgot to use the formula
2b. 0.92 since I got a wrong, I had the wrong number for part b
2d. Disagree because buffers are only created when equal amounts of weak acid/conjugate base are mixed
3a. 2Al + 3CuCl2 --> 2AlCl3 + 3Cu wrote the wrong formula
3e. decrease the concentration of the anode cell and increase the voltage
4c. PES is is more to right since it has more proton in its nucleus, and experience a greater pull
5a. IMFs of NH3 are stronger than NCl3 due to hydrogen bonding although both are polar and have Dipole-dipole bonding
5b. Didn't explain that Br would strengthen LD forces and polarizability
6b. forgot about the "like dissolves like" principle and didn't notice that water and CCl4 have different types of IMFs
6c. The water layer as the Na+ ions are drawn to the partially negative central oxygen and the Cl- ions are drawn to the partial positive hydrogen ions created an aqueous solution

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Thermodynamics of methane combustion


The balanced equation is CH4(g) + 2O2(g) ---> 2H2O(g) + CO2 (g)

Given the equation: delta G = delta H - T(delta S) 

Since the values of both G and H are so similar, the only plausible conclusion would be that the reactants and products are roughly the same. Therefore, delta S must be a number very close to zero so that any increase/decrease in temperature won't affect the 

Friday, February 13, 2015

Monday, February 9, 2015

Practice MCQ Exam

1. The problems I struggled with were more or less those that I didn't remember how to do. I saw these questions and remembered learning about them but I couldn't connect the pieces and remember back to the time we learned about them.
2. I really understood the recent problems that we've been doing in class recently since they were fresh in my mind. These problems seemed a bit easy and didn't provide much trouble. I also remembered doing some of the problems before and I remembered the way I did them.
3. 13. C.I remember getting this problem wrong on a quiz and once again, I got it incorrect again. I think memorizing differences between different types of bonding would help.
19. B. I thought that C-F bonds would break easier since they weren't equal whereas the C-H bonds were.
24. A. OH- is the only conjugate base and is therefore the answer; the conjugate base of acid 1 is <7.
29. B. Misread Periodic Table.

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Drawdio

Embed video take by you or member of your group showing your favorite Drawdio invention.






Create a diagram (picture of diagram is fine) that explains how YOU THINK the Drawdio works. I'm looking for creativity, risks, and open-ended guesses. Only wrong answer is the lack of a guess.

The drawdio device acts as the piece which transfers electrons from the water (in the case of the video) to us being able to play music on a table. When the electrons pass through the drawdio device, it makes the loud beeping noise that we hear.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

pH Calculations

As of right now, I'm still having a bit of trouble with deciphering whether an acid is strong or weak. For example, I don't get how to determine whether an acid is strong or weak if given HS vs HW. Without doing some type of visual experiment, I wouldn't be able to determine which acid is stronger/weaker. I also think that I just need some time to go over the blue sheet to quicken my ability to determine the Ka, pKa, buffer pH, etc. Below are pictures of our data from the lab on the Explore Day. 


Saturday, January 17, 2015

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Cycle A (Acid/Base RxNs)




In this Cycle, we did an activity in class where we told to find the titration for an unknown acid by pouring it through a buret into an unknown base. Using a pink indicator and the formula MaVa=MbVb, we would try to use as little of the base as possible to turn the acid pink. 


For this cycle, I understand the differences between the two types of acid-base reactions: water and water + gas. The differences between strong and weak acids along with the the idea of using to solve for the concentration of an unknown acid/ base. Balancing reactions has taken me a bit longer than usual since we haven't been doing too much practice on it. I also need to remember that whenever I see CO3 in the reactants, it will be a water + gas reaction. Overall, I feel as if I understand the basics of this cycle and should be set to go for the quiz.