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CHM 3, Sec.1 Exam #2 (Instructor: Dr. V. Fainzilberg) Monday, Nov.9, 2020

Last Name: __________________________________, First Name: ____________________

Please, read carefully before you start the exam. Use correct units and significant figures on your answers. Enter
your answers in the boxes provided. You will lose 1 point on each answer with incorrect units and/or sig. figs. This
exam contributes 20% to the Final Grade, and is given out of maximum 100 points. The exam must be written in
pen to claim the grade!

The exam must be submitted via e-mail no later than 9:30 AM on Monday, November 9. Any
exam marked by LIU e-mail server by the later reception time will be discarded!

Values of the Universal Gas Constant to be used in this exam:

L×atm L×bar L×torr L×Pa J
R = 0.082057 mol×K = 0.083145 mol×K = 62.364 mol×K = 8314.5 mol×K = 8.3145 mol×K

The List of Problems

Problem 1 (9 points). Balance the following neutralization reaction by entering corresponding
stoichiometric coefficients at each chemical:

______ H2C2O4 + ______ KOH → ______ K2C2O4 + ______ H2O

Cr2O27– CrO2 CrO

Problem 2 (9 points).
Enter the oxidation number of
chromium (ON(Cr)) in the table on the right below each of its
compounds. ON(Cr) =

Problem 3 (9 points). You have 400 mL of a 0.300 M HCl(aq) solution and you want to dilute it to
exactly 0.100 M. How much water should you add to the solution? Assume volumes are additive.
Enter your answer in the box provided with correct units and sig. figs. :

 The volume fo water  (added)

Answer:  added to the original  : Vwater =
 solution is 

Problem 4 (9 points). It takes 0.20 moles of Br2(l) to titrate 50.0 mL of H2S2O3(aq) in the reaction:

S2O23– + 4Br2 + 5H2O → 2SO24– + 8Br– + 10H+

What is the molar concentration of H2S2O3? Enter your answer in the box provided with correct units and
sig. figs.:

 The molar concentration 

Answer: 
 of H2S2O3(aq) is :
 [H2S2O3] =
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Problem 5 (9 points). Calculate the volume of C2H2(g) at 80oC and 801 torr reacted with 0.50
moles of O2(g) in the reaction:

2C2H2(g) + 5O2(g) → 4CO2(g) + 2H2O(l)

Enter your answer in the box provided with correct units and sig. figs. :

 The volume 
Answer:  of C H is  : VC H =
 2 2  2 2

Problem 6 (9 points). A sample of ammonia gas, NH3, completely dissociates to nitrogen and
hydrogen gasses in the equation:

2NH3(g) → N2(g) + 3H2(g)

If the total pressure is 824 torr, what is the partial pressure of hydrogen? Enter your answer in the box
provided with correct units and sig. figs.:

Answer:  The partial pressure  : P =

 of hydrogen is  H2

Problem 7 (9 points). The empirical formula of the compound is single sulfur, S. At 20oC, a
0.2566 g-sample of that compound occupies a volume of 24 mL and exerts a pressure of 762 torr.
g
What is the real molecular formula of the compound? The molar mass of sulfur is 32.06 mol . Enter
the real molecular formula of the compound in the box provided:

Answer:  The real chemical  :

 formula is 

Problem 8 (10 points). A sheet of aluminum weighing 20.0 g at a temperature of 40.0oC is placed
flat on a sheet of lead weighing 20.0 g and at a temperature of 60.0oC. What is the final
temperature of the combined metals? Assume that no heat is lost to the surroundings. The gram-
specific heat capacity of aluminum is 0.900 Jo and that for lead is 0.158 Jo . Enter your answer
g× C g× C

in the box provided with correct units and sig. figs.:

Answer:  The final temperature of  : T

 the combined metals is  final =
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Problem 9 (9 points). Use the Table of Thermodynamic Data on the right Substance
o
∆Hf ,
kJ
mol
for the decomposition reaction:
NH3(g) –46.3
N2H4(l) → 4
3 NH3(g) + 1
3 N2(g) N2(g) 0

to calculate the kilojoules of heat released per one gram of N2H4 reacted. N2H4(l) +50.4
g
The molar mass involved is: N = 32.046 mol . Round off your answer to 3 sig. figs. and enter it in
2H 4
the box provided with correct units:

 The heat released per 

Answer:  one gram of N H is  : ∆qsurr =
 2 4 

Problem 10 (9 points). What volume of propane (C3H8(g)) measured at 300 K and 1.00 atm must
be burned to heat 1.00 kg of water from 10.0oC to 100.0oC? The standard heat of combustion of
propane in the reaction is:

C3H8(g) + 5O2(g) → 3CO2(g) + 4H2O(l), ∆Hoc = – 2220 mol

kJ

J
the gram-specific heat of water is 4.184 o . Enter your answer in the box provided with correct units and
g× C

sig. figs.:

Answer:  The volume  : V =

 of propane is  C3H8

Problem 11 (9 points). Calculate the heat released to the surroundings when 5.047 L of Cl2(g)
 g  g
Cl = 70.90 mol  with a density of 1.88 L react with an excess of sodium metal at room
 2 
temperature to form sodium chloride in the reaction:

2Na(s) + Cl2(g) → 2NaCl(s)

The standard enthalpies of formations are: ∆Hof(Na) = ∆Hfo(Cl2) = 0, ∆Hof(NaCl) = – 411 mol
kJ
. Enter
your answer in the box provided with correct units and sig. figs.:

Answer:  The heat released to  : ∆q

 the surroundings is  surr =