CHEM 101 Test 3 Spring 1999 Name_______________________________

For multiple choice questions put down all correct answers. Show all of the calculations for which you use a calculator.

1 . For the following two sets of elements: Li, Be, Na C, N, F
 

Which has the lowest electronegativity? ________ ________
Which has the highest ionization energy? ________ ________

Which is the largest? ________ ________
 

2. Define ionization energy. Ionization energy is the energy ______________
 
a.) required to split an ionic compound into ions.
b.) required to remove a valence electron from a neutral atom.
c.) released when an electron is added to a neutral atom.
d.) released when two oppositely charged ions come together.
e.) required to add an electron to a neutral atom.
 
3. a.) Write the oxidation number of each element above the element.
__ __     __        __ __   __
P2O5 + 5C ----> 5CO + 2P
b.) Which of the two reactants gets oxidized?___________reduced?__________

c.) The oxidizing agent is_____________. The reducing agent is_______________.
 

4. Oxidation occurs when a chemical species _____________
 
a.) loses electrons b.) gains hydrogen c.) loses hydrogen d.) loses oxygen e.) gains electrons


5. Assign an oxidation number to the element in boldface:
 

a.) NO2- ______ b.) H2SO3 _______


6. Determine the weight % composition of H2O2.
 
 
 
 
 

7. Answer the following questions for the compound ethanol, C2H6O. Units are important here!
 

a.) Is this compound ionic or covalent?_________________

b.) Do we refer to one atom, one molecule, or one formula unit of this compound?_____________

c.) What is the mass of one ___________________(fill in answer to question b.) of this compound?

d.) What is the mass of one mole of ethanol?______________________.

e.) In 2 moles of C2H6O there are:

_______________moles of carbon and __________________ molecules of carbon.
 

8. How many moles of the following are in a mole of Ca(NO3)2?
 
_______moles Ca atoms, ________moles N atoms, ________moles O atoms_________


9. A sample of CO2 weighs 83.5 grams. How many moles of CO2 is this?______________
 
 

10. A sample contains 2.34 x 1025 atoms of sodium. How many moles of sodium is this?____________
 
 
 

11. For the following chemical reaction: P2O5 + 5C -----> 5CO + 2P
 

a.) How many moles of P2O5 must react to form 6 moles of P? ____________
b.) How many moles of C must react to form 4 moles of CO? _____________
 
 

c.) How many moles of C must react to form 3 moles of P? _____________
 
 
 

d.) How many grams of phosphorus can be formed by reacting 5.00 grams of P2O5? _________
 


 
 
 
 
 
e.) If you performed this reaction in lab, using 5.00 grams of P2O5 ( as in d. above), and obtained

1.68 grams of phosphorus what is your % yield? _____________
 


 
 

12. Glucose is metabolized by the body according to the following reaction and 686 kcal of energy
is given off per mole of glucose. C6H12O6 + 6O2 -----> 6CO2 + 6H2O
 

a.) Is the reaction considered endothermic or exothermic?_____________________

b.) Is the sign of DH, the heat or enthalpy of the reaction, going to be (+) or (- )? ________

c.) Would you write 686 kcal on the left or the right side of the arrow in the above equation?_______

d.) How many kcal of heat will be given off if 295 grams of glucose is metabolized? ___________