ADAMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF APPLIED NATURAL SCIENCE

APPLIED CHEMISTRY PROGRAM
General Chemistry Assignment - one
Answer the following questions accordingly
1. Naturally occurring chlorine is a mixture of the isotopes C1-35 and C1-37. How many
protons and how many neutrons are there in each isotope? How many electrons are
there in the neutral atoms?
2. What is the nuclide symbol for the nucleus that contains 14 protons and 14 neutrons?
3. An element has three naturally occurring isotopes with the following masses and abundances:
Isotopic Mass (amu) Fractional Abundance
38.964 0.9326
39.964 1.000 X 10-4
40.962 0.0673

Calculate the atomic mass of this element. What is the identity of the element?
4. A sample of ammonia, NH 3 , contains 3.3 x 10 2 1 hydrogen atoms. How many NH3
molecules are in this sample?
5. W r i t e t h e f o r mu l a fo r t h e co mp o u n d o f ea ch o f t h e fo l l o wi n g p ai r s o f i o n s
a)
Fe 3+ and CN -
b) K + and SO4 2−
c) Li+ and N 3+
d) Ca 2+
and P 3−

6. Name the following compounds.

a. Na2SO4 b. CaS c. CuCl d. Cr2O

7. For each of the following binary com pounds, decide whether the compound is
expected to be ionic, molecular or neither.
a. SeF b. LiBr c. SiF4 d. Cs2O

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8. Write the formulas of the following compounds.

a. nitrogen tribromide

b. Xenon tetroxide.

c. oxygen difluoride

d. dichlorine pentoxide

9. For the balanced chemical equation given below:

Pb(NO3 )2 + K 2 CO3 → PbCO3 + 2KNO3 , how many oxygen atoms are on the left side?
10. Balance the following equations.
a) Sn + NaOH → Na2 SnO2 + H2
b) Al + Fe3 O4 → Al2 O3 + Fe
c) CH3 OH + O2 → CO2 + H2H O
d) P4O10 + H2O → H3PO4
e) PCl5 + H2O → + H3PO4 + HCl
11. A n u cl eu s o f ma s s n u mb er 8 1 co n t ai n s 4 6 n eu t ro n s. An ato mi c io n o f thi s element
h as 36 el ect ron s in it. Writ e th e sy mbol for thi s ato mi c io n (giv e th e sy mb ol fo r t he
nu cl eu s and g iv e the ionic charge as a right superscript).
12. Obtain the fractional abundances for the two naturally o ccu rri n g i so t o p e s o f co p p er.
T h e mas se s o f t h e i so t o p es are 63
29 Cu, 6 2 . 9 2 9 8 a m u ;
65
29 Cu , 64.9278 amu. The atomic
m a s s i s 63.546 amu.

13. Name the following compounds.

a. S3(PO4)2
b. NH4NO2
c. Mg (OH)2
d. CrSO4
14. Give the formulas for the following compounds.
a. mercury(I) sulfide
b. cobalt (III) sulfite
c. ammonium dichromate

d. aluminum nitride

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15. Balance the following equations
a. C2H6 + O2 → CO2 + H2O
b. P4O6 + H2O → H3PO3
c. KClO3 → KCl +KClO4
d. (NH 4 ) 2 S O 4 + N aO H → NH 3 + H 7 O +Na 2 SO 4
e. NBr3 NaOH → N 2 + NaBr+ HOBr

16. Find the formula masses of the following three significant figures
a. methanol, CH3OH
f.
b. Ethanol, CH3CH2 OH
c. nitrogen trioxide, NO3
d. potassium carbonate, K2CO3
e. nickel phosphate, Ni 3 (PO 4)

1 7. A samp l e o f an al l o y o f al u mi n u m co nt ai n s 0 . 0 8 9 8 mo l Al an d 0 .0 3 8 1 mo l M .
Wh at ar e t h e ma s s p erc en t ag e s o f Al an d M g i n t h e al l o y ?

1 8. C al cu l at e t h e p er cen t ag e co mp o si t i o n fo r each o f t h e fo l l o wi n g co mp o u n d s (t h re e
si g n i fi can t fi g u r e)

a. CO b. CO 2 c. Na H 2 P O 4 d . CO ( NO 3 ) 2
19. E t h y l en e g l y co l i s u sed as an au t o mo b i l e an t i fre eze an d i n t h e man u f act u re o f
p o l y est er fi b er s. T h e n am e o f g l y co l st em s fro m t h e s we et t a st e o f t h i s p o i so n o u s
co mp o u n d . Co mb u st i o n o f 6 . 3 8 mg o f et h y l e n e g l y co l g i v es 9 . 0 6 mg C O 2 an d 5 . 5 8 mg
H 2 O. T h e co mp o u n d co n t ai n s o n l y C, H, an d O. Wh at a re t h e p erc en t ag e o f t h e
el emen t s i n et h y l en e g l y co l ?
20. An oxide of osmium (symbol Os) is a pale yellow solid. If 2.89 g of the compound contains
2.16 g of osmium, what is its empirical formula?

2 1. Po t a s si u m man g an i t e i s a su b st a n c e whose composition is 39.6% K, 27.9% Mn, and

32.5% O, by mass. What is its empirical formula?

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22. T wo co mpo un d s h av e th e same co mpo si tio n: 9 2.2 5% C and 7.75% H.
a . O b t a i n t h e e m p i r i c a l f o r m u l a c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h i s composition.
b. One of the compounds has a molecular mass of 52.03 amu; the other, of 78.05 amu.
c. Obtain the molecular formulas of both compounds.
23. Putrescine, a substance produced by decaying animals has the empirical formula C 2H6 N.
Several determinations of molecular mass give values in the range of 87 to 90 amu. Find the
molecular formula of putrescine.

24 . Oxalic acid is a toxic substance used by laundries to re -mo v e ru st st ain s. It s co mp o si ti on

i s 26. 7% C, 2 .2% H, and 71.1% O (by mass), and its molecular mass is 90 amu. What is its
molecular formula?

25. Butane, C4H10, burns with the oxygen in air to give carbon dioxide and water :

2C 4 H 1 0 (l) + 3O 2 (g) → 8CO2(g) + 10H2 O (𝜄) and then what is the amount in moles of water
produced from 0.30mol C 4 H 5 OH?

26. Iron in the form of fine wire burns in oxygen to form iron (III) oxide.

4Fe(s) + 3O 2 (g) → 2Fe 2 O 3 (s)

How many moles of O 2 are needed to produce 3.91 mol Fe 2 O 3 ?

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