3.

091 Fall Term 2011

Test No. 1
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 11:05 a.m. 11:55
Name:_______________________________________________________________________ Recitation Number:____________________________________________________________ A complete test consists of 6 questions. Write your answers on these pages. State your assumptions and show calculations that support your conclusions. RESOURCES PERMITTED: PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS, TABLE OF CONSTANTS, AN AID SHEET (ONE PAGE 8" 11"), AND A CALCULATOR. NO BOOKS OR OTHER NOTES ALLOWED. USE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
Check your recitation instructor and recitation time below Recitation instructor Time Valerie Chia TR9 Ellen McIsaac TR10 Shaymus Hudson TR10 Max Solar TR10 David Young TR11 Max Solar TR11 Kirsten Hessler TR11 Prof. Ballinger TR11 Michael Gerhardt TR11 Tara Sarathi TR12 Stephen Salinas TR12 Prof. Ballinger TR12 John Rogosic TR2 Caitlin Pomeroy TR2 Jeong Yun Kim TR2 Anne Runkle TR2 Stephanie Moran TR2 John Rogosic TR3 Charlotte Stewart-Sloan TR3 Jeong Yun Kim TR3 Charlotte Stewart-Sloan TR4 Arathi Ramachandran TR4

Problem 1 Problem 2 Problem 3 Problem 4 Problem 5 Problem 6 TOTAL

10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 15%

3.091 Fall 2011 Test 1

Page 2 of 7

Problem 1: (10%) The thermite reaction is the reaction of iron (III) oxide (Fe 2O3) with aluminum to produce molten iron and aluminum oxide (Al2O3). If one starts with 40 g of Fe2O3 and 16 g of Al, how many grams of Al2O3 will be produced?

3.091 Fall 2011 Test 1

Page 3 of 7

Problem 2: (15%) (a) Calculate the bond energy of NaBr(g). Express your answer in kJ/mole.

(b) Calculate the cohesive energy of NaBr(s). Express your answer in kJ/mole.

(c) Will KBr have a higher or lower melting point than NaBr? Justify your answer.

DATA: NaBr Madelung constant = 1.75, NaBr Born exponent = 8, radius Na+ = 116 x 10-12 m, radius Br- = 182 x 10-12 m, radius K+ = 152 x 10-12 m.

3.091 Fall 2011 Test 1

Page 4 of 7

Problem 3: (15%) (a) Describe the electronic configurations of the gaseous atoms of Si, P, and S. Use box notation in your description.

(b) The first ionization energies of these elements are Ip(Si) = 8.151 eV, Ip(P) = 10.486 eV, Ip(S) = 10.360 eV. Why does the Ip increase in going from Si to P?

(c) Why does the Ip decrease in going from P to S?

(d) Sketch the PES spectra of C and N on the same graph below. Be sure to indicate the relative positions and intensities of each set of peaks. Label the peaks. Label the axes and indicate where you think breaks in the scale are justified.

3.091 Fall 2011 Test 1

Page 5 of 7

Problem 4: (20%) Aluminum fluoride, AlF3(g), exists as a simple molecular species in the gas phase at 1000 C. (a) Draw the Lewis dot formula for AlF3(g).

(b) The Al-F bond energy is observed to be 659 kJ/mole. Calculate the Al-Al bond energy if the F-F bond energy is 154.8 kJ/mole.

(c) Calculate the % ionic character of the Al-F bond.

(d) Draw the 3-D geometry of the AlF3 molecule and name the molecular geometry.

3.091 Fall 2011 Test 1

Page 6 of 7

Problem 5: (20%) In a gas discharge tube, atoms of atomic hydrogen in their ground state are struck by high energy protons. These protons have been accelerated from rest across a potential difference of 13.1 volts. (a) What is the Debroglie wavelength of the proton used in this experiment?

(b) How many lines of the Balmer series (nf = 2) are present in the emission spectrum? Support your answer with appropriate calculations.

3.091 Fall 2011 Test 1

Page 7 of 7

Problem 6: (15%) Consider the gaseous ion molecule BN-. (a) Construct the molecular orbital diagram that is consistent with the known order of filling of molecular orbitals in the second period and with BN - being stable and paramagnetic.

(b) What is the bond order of BN-?

(c) What ion of BN is isoelectronic with N2? Which of the ions discussed in this problem do you expect to be most stable? Explain.