DAT General Chemistry Equation Sheet

General Concepts

Gases/Gas Laws

Density: (d = m/v)
Dilutions: M1V1 = M2V2 (or C1V1 = C2V2)
% Error Calculations
% =

100

Spectrophotometer: =

Pressure: = /
Average Kinetic Energy:

. . = 32 ( )
3

Root-mean-square speed: =

Abs = Absorbance
= molar extinction coefficient (molar absorptivity)
l = path length

Atomic Structure

Gas Laws
Ideal Gas Law:

Boyles Law:

Charles Law:
Avogadros Law:

Absorption/Emission Line Spectra: =

Energy of a photon: = =

Combined Gas Law:

= 3.0 108
= 6.63 1034

= + +
=
=

Photoelectric Effect: =

= ( )

1 1
1 1

2 2
2 2

Daltons Law of Partial Pressures:

Grahams Law of Effusion:

1
2
=
2
1

Chemical Kinetics and Equilibrium

R = 0.0821 L atm/mol K
n = moles
= molar mass
r = rate of effusion
a and b are constants specific
to a given gas

General Rate Law: = [] []

Arrhenius Equation: =
Equilibrium Constant:
=

[]
[]

= activation
energy

R = 0.0821 L
atm/mol K

Solutions

() =

Henrys Law: = []

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[ + ] = 10

= log[ ]

[ ] = 10

+ = 14

[ + ][ ] = 1 1014

=
/ = F.P/B.P
depression/elevation
constant
= mole fraction of A
i = vant Hoff Factor
R = 0.0821 L atm/mol K
M = molarity, m = molality

[3 + ][ ]

[ + ] = []

[]

Weak Bases:

[ ][]

[ ] = []

[ ]

=
Buffer: = + log

Colligative Properties
Freezing Point Depression:
Boiling Point Elevation:
Raoults Law (* = pure):
Osmotic Pressure:

pH Scale
= log[ + ]

Weak Acids:

Concentration

() =

Acid-Base

=
=
=
=

[ ]
[]

Titration/Neutralization: =

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Thermodynamics/Thermochemistry

Electrochemical Cells

1 Law of Thermodynamics: = +
Work: =

Standard Cell Potentials

= +
= +

Calorimetry: =

Nernst Equation (non-standard cell potentials)

st

=
=
q = heat added or removed from system
m = mass

Entropy
=
> >
>

Enthalpy
( > 0) Endothermic
( < 0) Exothermic

0.0592

log

Faradays Law (quantitative calculations)

=

I = current, = time in seconds, n = moles, F = Faradays

constant (96485 ), Q = reaction quotient

Enthalpies of Formation:
= , ,
Bond Dissociation Energy
= =

Gibbs Free Energy

= + (nonstandard conditions, Q = reaction
quotient)
=
=
Standard Conditions
All aqueous species @ 1M, all gaseous species @1 atm, T=298k

Standard Temperature and Pressure

T = 273K, P = 1 atm

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Nuclear Reactions

Kinetics (always 1st order)

= 0
ln = ln 0
Nuclear Binding Energy:
= 2
( must be in kg)

k = reaction constant

m = mass
c = speed of light