(2022 Spring) CHEM 151 (04).

General Chemistry I

Assignment #1
※※ Write the answer with explanation. ※※
1. A sample of a compound synthesized and purified in the laboratory contains 25.0 g
hafnium and 31.5 g tellurium. The identical compound is discovered in a rock formation. A
sample from the rock formation contains 0.125 g hafnium. Determine how much tellurium is
in the sample from the rock formation.

2. Tungsten (W) and chlorine (Cl) form a series of compounds with the following
compositions:
Mass % W Mass % Cl
72.17 27.83
56.45 43.55
50.91 49.09
46.36 53.64
If a molecule of each compound contains only one tungsten atom, what are the formulas for
the four compounds?

3. In 1982, the production of a single atom of 266 109Mt (meitnerium-266) was reported.
Describe the composition of a neutral atom of this isotope for protons, neutrons, and electrons.

4. Talyor series for 𝑓(𝑥) about 𝑥 = 𝑎 is,

∞
𝑓 (𝑛) (𝑎)
𝑓(𝑥) = ∑ (𝑥 − 𝑎)𝑛
𝑛!
𝑛=0

𝑓′′(𝑎) 𝑓′′′(𝑎)
= 𝑓(𝑎) + 𝑓 ′ (𝑎)(𝑥 − 𝑎) + (𝑥 − 𝑎)2 + (𝑥 − 𝑎)3 + ⋯
2! 3!

(a) Find the Talyor Series for 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 about 𝑥 = 0.

(b) Find the Talyor Series for 𝑓(𝑥 ) = ln (𝑥) about 𝑥 = 2.

5. Burning a compound of calcium, carbon, and nitrogen in oxygen in a combustion train

generates calcium oxide (CaO), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and no other
substances. A small sample gives 2.389 g CaO, 1.876 g CO2, and 3.921 g NO2. Determine the
empirical formula of the compound.
6. The poisonous gas hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is produced by the high-temperature
reaction of ammonia with methane (CH4). Hydrogen is also produced in this reaction.
(a) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction that occurs.
(b) Suppose 500.0 g methane is mixed with 200.0 g ammonia. Calculate the masses of
the substances present after the reaction is allowed to proceed to completion.

7. Titanium dioxide, TiO2, reacts with carbon and chlorine to give gaseous TiCl4:

TiO2 + 2C + 2Cl2 → TiCl4 + 2CO

The reaction of 7.39 kg titanium dioxide with excess C and Cl2 gives 14.24 kg titanium
tetrachloride. Calculate the theoretical yield of TiCl4 (assuming complete reaction) and its
percentage yield.