PEC140IntroductiontoChemistry

STUDYBLOCK2TutorialQuestions

1.Chooseelementsfromthefollowinglisttoanswerthefollowingquestions.
manganese,potassium,iodine,oxygen

a)Whichone,ifany,isatransitionelement?List3additionaltransitionelements.
b)Whichelement,ifany,commonlyformsonlyanM
+
ion(i.e.andionwitha+1charge)?
Why?
c)Whichelement,ifany,cancommonlyformanX
2
ion(i.e.andionwitha2charge)?
WhatotherelementsmayformX
2
ions?

2.Locateontheperiodictableeachpairofelementswhoseatomicnumbersaregivenbelow.Dothe
elementsineachpairbelongtothesameperiodorthesamegroup/family?
a)19and30 b)8and52
c)24and74 d)3and10
e)Whichpairsofelementsareexpectedtohavesimilarchemicalproperties?Why?

3.Fortheelementgivethefollowinginformation: X
19
9

a)massnumber,
b)numberofelectronsinanatomofX,
c)numberofneutronsinanatomofX.

4.Whatisthedefinitionofamolecule?Cananelementalsobeamolecule?Explain.

5.WritethechemicalformulaforeachofthefollowingandclassifyeachasatypeI,IIorIII(using
Zumdahlsdefinitions)binarycompound:
a)magnesiumbromide b)cobalt(II)chloride
c)dinitrogenpentoxide d)sodiumcarbonate
e)calciumhydroxide f)aluminiumnitrite

6.Namethefollowingions:
a)PO
4
3
b)S
2
c)CrO
4
2

d)NH
4
+
e)CH
3
CO
2

f)H
2
PO
4

7.Writethenameofeachofthefollowingsubstances:
a)Mg
3
N
2
b)CaO c)FeCl
3

d)Li
4
C e)Li
2
CO
3
f)MgSO
4

g)Na
2
SO
3
h)HCN i)KMnO
4

8. a)Defineanisotope.
b)Calculatetheaverageatomicmassofnitrogengiventhatithastwonaturallyoccurring
isotopes: N
14
7
(99.50%)and N
15
7
(0.500%)

9.Whenironrustsinmoistair,theproductistypicallyamixtureoftwoironoxygencompounds.In
onecompound,thereisanequalnumberofironandoxygenatoms.Intheothercompound,there
arethreeoxygenatomsforeverytwoironatoms.Writetheformulaeforthetwoironoxides.

10.Namethefollowingacids:
a)H
3
PO4 b)H
2
SO
4
c)H
2
SO
3

d)HNO
2
e)HBr

11.Writethechemicalformulasofthefollowingacids
a)perchloricacid b)nitricacid c)hydrofluoricacid

12.Whichofthefollowingformulaeisincorrect?
a)lithiumcarbonateLi
2
CO
3

b)manganesesulfideMgS
c)chromium(II)sulfateCrSO
4

d)dinitrogentrioxideN
2
O
5

e)chloriteionClO
3

f)phosphorouspentachloridePCl
5

13.Whichofthefollowing,ifany,representapairofisotopesofthesameelement?
a)
2
Hand
1
H b)
13
Nand
13
C c)COandCO
2