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CHE 105/110 Introduction to Chemistry - Exercises and Answers

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1.

One brand of ethyl alcohol (Everclear) is 95% ethyl alcohol, with the remaining 5% being water. What is the solvent and what is the solute of this solution?

1.

solvent: ethyl alcohol; solute: water

3.

Differentiate between the terms saturated and concentrated.

3.

Saturated means all the possible solute that can dissolve is dissolved, whereas concentrated implies that a lot of solute is dissolved.

5.

What mass of FeCl2 is present in 445 mL of 0.0812 M FeCl2 solution?

5.

4.58 g

7.

What volume of 0.225 M Ca(OH)2 solution is needed to deliver 100.0 g of Ca(OH)2?

7.

6.00 L

9.

The World Health Organization recommends that the maximum fluoride ion concentration in drinking water is 1.0 ppm. Assuming water has the maximum concentration, if an average person drinks 1,920 mL of water per day, how many milligrams of fluoride ion are being ingested?

9.

1.92 mg

11.

Given its notoriety, you might think that uranium is very rare, but it is present at about 2–4 ppm of the earth’s crust, which is more abundant than silver or mercury. If the earth’s crust is estimated to have a mass of 8.50 × 1020 kg, what range of mass is thought to be uranium in the crust?

11.

1.7 × 1015 to 3.4 × 1015 kg

13.

What mass of 3.00% H2O2 solution is needed to produce 35.7 g of O2(g) at 295 K at 1.05 atm pressure?

2H2O2(aq) → 2H2O(ℓ) + O2(g)

13.

2,530 g

15.

A 0.500 m solution of MgCl2 has a freezing point of −2.60°C. What is the true van’t Hoff factor of this ionic compound? Why is it less than the ideal value?

15.

2.80; it is less than 3 because not all ions behave as independent particles.

17.

Order these solutions in order of increasing boiling point, assuming an ideal van’t Hoff factor for each: 0.10 m C6H12O6, 0.06 m NaCl, 0.4 m Au(NO3)3, and 0.4 m Al2(SO4)3.

17.

0.10 m C6H12O6 < 0.06 m NaCl < 0.4 m Au(NO3)3 < 0.4 m Al2(SO4)3

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