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Course Code & Title: CHEM 1070A & CHEM 1070B Principles of Modern Chemistry
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Part A - Multiple-Choice Questions (20%). Tick ('./) the most suitable answers in the
question paper.

Multiple-Choice questions

not provided

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Part B - Short-Answer Questions (10%). Write the answers in the space below.

1. If the reaction quotient Q for a reaction is less than the value of the equilibrium constant
K for that reaction at a given temperature, must be converted to
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ for the system to reach equilibrium.

2. Metal oxides and hydroxides that are relatively insoluble in neutral water, but are soluble
in both strongly acidic and strongly basic solutions are said to be _ _ _ _ _ __

3. At constant temperature and pressure the Gibbs free energy value is a measure of the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ of a process.

4. When lattice points occur at the center of each face, as well as each comer of a unit cell,
the cell is called - - - - - - -

5. are materials characterized by an energy gap between a filled valence

band and an empty conduction band.

6 . In addition to differences in their average molecular mass, HDPE and LDPE differ in
their degree of and their of the chains.

7. The formation of aspirin by reacting salicylic acid with acetic acid is a _ _ _ _ _ __

reaction.

8. The doubly ionized form of an amino acid is called a _ _ _ _ _ __

Part C - Long Questions (20%). Write the answers in the answer book.

1. (a) Sketch a potential-energy diagram for the decomposition of nitrous oxide:

The activation energy for the forward reaction is 251 kJ; the M-l0 is + 167 kJ. What is
the activation energy for the reverse reaction? Label your diagram appropriately.

(b) The reaction H2 (g) + 12 (g) ~ 2 HI (g) may occur by the following mechanism:

(fast, equilibriwn)

I + I + H2 (slow)

What rate law is predicted by the mechanism?

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2. Malic acid is a weak diprotic organic acid with K1 = 4.0x 10- and K2 = 9.0 x 10- 6 .
(a) Letting the symbol H2A represent malic acid, write the chemical equations that
represent K1 and K2 . Write the chemical equation that represents K] xK2 .
(b) Qualitatively describe the relative concentrations of H2A, HA-, A 2-, and H30 + in a
solution that is about one molar in malic acid.
(c) Calculate the pH of a 0.0100 M malic acid solution and the equilibrium
concentration of [H2A].
(d) What is the A 2- concentration?

3. Under standard conditions for all concentrations, the following reaction is spontaneous at
25 C with EO = 0.16 V .

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02 (g) + 4 H (aq) + 4 Br (aq) -+ 2 H20 (I) + 2 Br2 (1)

If [H+] is a?justed by adding a buffer of 0.10 M NaOCN and 0.10 M HOCN

(Ka = 3.5 x 10 ), what value will Ecell have, and will the reaction be spontaneous at this
[H+]?

4. (a) Shown here is a representation of a unit cell for a crystal. The larger balls are atom
A and the smaller balls are atom B. What is the chemical fonnula of the compound
that has this unit cell?

(b) Gold has cubic crystals whose unit cell has an edge length of 407.9 pm. The density
of the metal is 19.3 g cm-3 . From these data and the atomic weight, calculate the
number of gold atoms in a unit cell, asswning all atoms are at lattice points. What
type of cubic lattice does gold have?
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