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HOMEWORK 02 and Review

Chemistry for Engineers S1_2022-2023
Group: ______________ Submission date: ____________

Group members:

Seq. Full name Student ID % contribution (total = Score

100%)
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Total score: _________

INSTRUCTIONS:

 Write your answer directly to the following questions

 After completion, please submit your answer sheets to Blackboard with FILE NAME:
HW 02_GROUP NUMBER.
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I. Multiple choice questions:

PlSELECT the BEST answer and write it on the below answer sheet
QUESTION ANSWER QUESTION ANSWER

1 A B C D 21 A B C D

2 A B C D 22 A B C D

3 A B C D 23 A B C D

4 A B C D 24 A B C D

5 A B C D 25 A B C D

6 A B C D 26 A B C D

7 A B C D 27 A B C D

8 A B C D 28 A B C D

9 A B C D 29 A B C D

10 A B C D 30 A B C D

11 A B C D 31 A B C D

12 A B C D 32 A B C D

13 A B C D 33 A B C D

14 A B C D 34 A B C D

15 A B C D 35 A B C D

16 A B C D 36 A B C D

17 A B C D 37 A B C D

18 A B C D 38 A B C D

19 A B C D 39 A B C D

20 A B C D 40 A B C D

1.
What is NOT a solid state of matter?
A. a chair B. a mask
C. oil D. a watch

2. What is NOT a pure substance?

A. oxygen B. air
C. water D. Gold

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3. What is a homogeneous mixture?

A. ice coffee B. Milk coffee
C. soup D. Milk ice coffee

4. What is a heterogeneous mixture?

A. Gasoline B. Diesel
C. Tea with ice D. Tea with sugar

5. What is NOT a physical change?

A. Boiling of water B. Melting of ice
C. Propane gas burning D. Sugar dissolving into water

6. What is a chemical change?

A. precipitation B. Vaporization of volatile chemicals
C. Rusting of iron D. Boiling of water

7. Convert a temperature from 36.5 °C into K, knowing that K = °C + 273.15

A. 309.65 b. 309.7
C. 309.6 d. 310

8. Calculate the weight of Cu(OH)2, knowing that it contains three samples of 15.6 g, 20.7 g
and 16.18 g.
A. 52.48 g B. 52 g
C. 52.4 g D. 52.5 g

9. Evaluate the expression to the correct number of significant figures

12.147 x 16.49 x (15.70 – 14.92)
A. 156 B. 1.56 x 102
C. 1.6 x 10 2
D. 156.24

10. Evaluate the expression to the correct number of significant figures

(9.753/7.24) – (17/3.6)
A. – 3.375 B. – 3.4
C. – 3.36 D. – 3

11. A nucleus of atom includes

A. Protons and electron B. Electron and neutrons
C. Protons and neutrons D. Protons

12. What is the name of NaHCO3 ?

A. Sodium carbonate B. Sodium carbonite
C. Sodium bicarbonate D. Sodium bicarbonite

13. What is the name of Ca(ClO4)2?

A. Calcium chlorate B. Calcium chloride
C. Calcium perchlorate D. Calcium hypochlorite

14. Which one of the following has the element name and symbol correctly matched?

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A. Ne, nitrogen
B. S, silicon
C. Si, silica
D. Be, beryllium

15. What is the name of Ca(ClO4)2?

A. Calcium chlorate B. Calcium chlorite
C. Calcium perchlorate D. Calcium hypochlorite

16. What is the name of BF3?

A. Boron fluorine B. Boron trifluoride
C. Boron oxide D. Boron trifluorite

17. The following diagram shows a set of experimental data points, X, determined when one
experimental measurement was repeated few times. The centre of the diagram represents the
ideal value calculated from theory. What statement is correct about these measurements?

A. The measurements involve low accuracy B. The measurements involve low accuracy
and low precision. and high precision.

C. The measurements involve high accuracy D. The measurements involve high

and low precision accuracy and high precision.

18. Determine the density of an object that has a mass of 149.8 g and displaces12.1 mL of
water when placed in a graduated cylinder?
A. 8.08 g/mL B. 1.38 g/mL C. 12.4 g/mL D. 18.1 g/mL

19. Identify the elements correctly shown by decreasing radii size

A. N3->N B. K+>K C. N > N3- D. Cu2+ >Cu+

20. Rank the order of decreasing metallic character?

A. P > As > K B. As > P > K C. K > P > As D. K > As > P

21. Which of the following elements has the lowest first ionization energy?

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A. Li B. N C. K D. Si

22. Which molecule below has the largest dipole?

A. O2 B. H2O C. CO2 D. N2

23. What symbol is NOT isotope of Ni atom?

58 59 60 61
A. 28¿ B. 28¿ C. 29¿ D. 28¿

24. Which molecule or ion does not have a trigonal pyramidal molecular geometry?
A. PO3 3– B. SO3 2– C. NI3 D. BF3

25. The approximate H—C—H bond angle in CH3+ is

A. 60°. B. 90°. C. 120°. D. 109°

26. Which atom can accommodate an octet of electrons, but doesn't necessarily have to
accommodate an octet?
A. N B. C C. H D. B

27. A valid Lewis structure of __________ cannot be drawn without violating the octet rule
A. NF3 B. BeH2 C. SO2 D. CF4

28. The central atom in __________ violates the octet rule.

A. NH3 B. SeF2 C. BF3 D.
AsF3
29. Why don't we draw double bonds between the Be atom and the Cl atoms in BeCl2 ?
A. That would give positive formal charges to the chlorine atoms and a negative formal
charge to the beryllium atom
B. There aren't enough electrons
C. That would result in more than eight electrons around beryllium.
D. That would result in more than eight electrons around each chlorine atom.

30. How many different types of resonance structures can be drawn for the ion SO32- where all
atoms satisfy the octet rule?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

30. The formal charge on nitrogen in NO3- is __________.

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A. -1 B. 0 C.+1 D. +2

31. Which compound has the shortest carbon-carbon bond length?

A. CH3-CH3 B. CH2=CH2 C. CHCH D. All bond lengths are the same
32. Which of the following is TRUE about the polarity of molecules?
A. Polarity is dependent on the vector sum of the dipole moments of the bonds
B. Polarity does not depend upon molecular geometry
C. If a molecule is comprised of one or more polar bond, the molecule is polar
D. If a molecule is comprised of one more nonpolar bonds, the molecule is nonpolar
33. Choose the best Lewis structure for CH2Cl2.
A. B.

C. D.

33. A molecule has the following Lewis structure:

What are the ideal values of the bond angles labeled 1, 2, and 3?
A. 90, 180, 180 degrees B. 90, 120, 180 degrees
C. 90, 120, 109.5 degrees D. 109.5, 120, 109.5 degrees

34. Identify the element whose ion only exists as 2+.

A. barium B. lithium C. lead D. nitrogen
35. Numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons of Ferrous ion-56 are
A. 26p, 30n, 26e
B. 26p, 30n, 24e
C. 26p, 30n, 23e
D. 26p, 32n, 24e
36. Which of the following represent isotopes?

A: X B: X C: X D: X
A. A and D B. A and C C. B and D D. C and D

37. Calculate the atomic mass of gallium if gallium has two naturally occurring isotopes with
the following masses and natural abundances:

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Ga-69 68.9256 amu 60.11%

Ga-71 70.9247 amu 39.89%
A. 69.72 amu B. 69.93 amu C. 70.00 amu D. 69.80 amu
38. Which of the following would have to gain two electrons in order to achieve a noble gas
electron configuration __________?
A. Br B. Sr C. Na D. O, Se

39. The principal quantum number of the electrons that are lost when tungsten forms a cation is
__________.
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3

40. What is the electron configuration for the Fe2+ ion?

A. [Ar]4so3d6
B. [Ar]4s23d4
C. [Ar]4so3d8
D. [Ar]4s23d8
II. Free-response question
1. Consider these elements: N, Mg, O, F, Al.
A) Write the electron configuration for each element.
B) Arrange the elements in order of decreasing atomic radius. Explain!
2. Another potential future fuel is methanol (CH3OH). Write a balanced equation for the
combustion of gaseous methanol and use bond energies to calculate the enthalpy of
combustion of methanol in kJ/mol.

3. Use bond energies to calculate ΔHrxn for this reaction: N2 (g) + 3 H2 (g) → 2 NH3 (g)

4. What is the nuclide symbol for a nucleus that contains 46 protons and 60 neutrons?

5. An element has four naturally occurring isotopes with the masses and natural abundances
given here.
Isotope Mass number Mass (amu) Abundance (%)
1 50 49.9461 0.0435
2 52 51.9405 0.8379
3 53 52.9407 0.095
4 54 53.9389 0.0236
Find the atomic mass of the element and identify it.

6. Answer the following questions of Cu2+

The electron configuration:
Number of protons:
Number of neutrons:

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Number of electrons:
Number of atomic number:
Mass number:
Number of valence electrons:

7. Draw the Lewis structure of chemical formula and ion, then answer following questions

Chemical formula: PH3 Ion: NO2+

Total valence electrons: Total valence electrons:
Lewis structure: Lewis structure:

Identify formal charge: Identify formal charge:

Electron geometry: (words only, you do not Electron geometry: (words only, you do not have
have to draw the molecule in three dimensions) to draw the molecule in three dimensions)

Molecular Geometry: (words only, you do not Molecular Geometry: (words only, you do not
have to draw the molecule in three dimensions) have to draw the molecule in three dimensions)

Molecular Polarity: (yes/no) Molecular Polarity: (yes/no)

Ideal Bond Angle for H-P-H Ideal Bond Angle for O–N–O

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8. Write the Lewis structure for H3PO4. If necessary, expand the octet on any appropriate atoms
to lower formal charge.

9. Write a Lewis structure for the NO2- ion. Include resonance structures.

10. At least two different numbers of electron groups can result in a linear molecule. What are
they? What are the numbers of bonding groups and lone pairs in each case? Provide an
example of a linear molecule in each case.

11. The species NO2, NO2+, and NO2- in which N is the central atom have very different bond
angles. Predict what these bond angles might be with respect to the ideal angles and justify
your prediction.

12. Draw the Lewis structure for acetamide (CH 3CONH2), an organic compound, and determine
the geometry about each interior atom. Experiments show that the geometry about the
nitrogen atom in acetamide is nearly planar. What resonance structure can account for the
planar geometry about the nitrogen atom?

13. For each compound, draw the Lewis structure, determine the geometry using VSEPR theory,
determine whether the molecule is polar

a. COF2 (carbon is the central atom)

b. S2Cl2 (ClSSCl)
c. SF4

14. Determine the geometry about each interior atom in each molecule and sketch the molecule.
(Skeletal structure is indicated in parentheses.)
a. CH3OH (H3COH) b. CH3OCH3 (H3COCH3) c. H2O2 (HOOH)

15. Determine the electron geometry, molecular geometry, and idealized bond angles for each
molecule. In which cases do you expect deviations from the idealized bond angle?
a. PF3 b. SBr2 c. CHCl3 d. CS2

16. Determine the electron geometry, molecular geometry, and idealized bond angles for each
molecule. In which cases do you expect deviations from the idealized bond angle?
a. CF4 b. NF3 c. OF2 d. H2S

17. Which species has the smaller bond angle, H3O+ or H2O? Explain.

18. Which species has the smaller bond angle, ClO4– or ClO3–? Explain.

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