Sample Problems: Chemistry 16

1. White gold, used in jewelry, contains gold and another white metal such as palladium. Two
different samples of white gold differ in the relative amounts of gold and palladium that they
contain. Both samples are uniform in composition throughout. Without knowing any more
about the materials, classify white gold.
2. Aspirin is composed of 60.0% carbon, 4.5% hydrogen, and 35.5% oxygen by mass, regardless of
its source.
3. A block of wood has the following dimensions: 1.08m (l) x 5.1cm (w) x 6.2cm (h). Calculate the
density in gram per cubic cm if it has a mass of 2.52kg.
4. A 75-gm of sodium chloride is to be produced by evaporating to dryness a quantity of seawater
containing 3.5% sodium chloride by mass. How many liters of seawater must be taken for this
purpose if the density of seawater is 1.03g/ml?
5. Calculate the density of a 0.3745-kg sample of copper if it has a volume of 41.8 cm3.
6. A student needs 155.0 g of ethanol for an experiment. If the density of ethanol is 0.789 g/mL,
how many milliliters of ethanol are needed?
7. What is the mass, in grams, of 25.0 mL of mercury (density = 13.6 g/mL)?
8. A balance has a precision of 0.001 g. A sample that has a mass of about 25 g is placed on this
balance. How many significant figures should be reported for this measurement?
9. A gas at 25C fills a container whose volume is 1.05x10
3
cm3. The container plus gas have a mass
of 837.6 g. The container, when emptied of all gas, has a mass of 836.2 g. What is the density of
the gas at 25 C?
10. The average speed of a nitrogen molecule in air at 25 C is 515 m/s. Convert this speed to miles
per hour. 1mile =1.6093km.
11. Earths oceans contain approximately 1.36x10
9
km
3
of water. Calculate the volume in liters.
12. Which two of the following elements would you expect to show the greatest similarity in
chemical and physical properties: B, Ca, F, He, Mg, P?
13. Which of the following compounds would you expect to be ionic: N
2
O, Na
2
O, CaCl
2
, SF
4
?
14. Which of the following compounds are molecular: CBr
4
, FeS, P
4
O
6
, PbF
2
?
15. What are the empirical formulas of the compounds formed by (a) Al
3+
and Cl

ions, (b) Al
3+
and
O
2
ions, (c) Mg
2+
and NO
3

ions?
16. Based on the formula for the sulfate ion, predict the formula for (a) the selenate ion and (b) the
selenite ion.
17. Name the following compounds: (a) K
2
SO
4
, (b) Ba(OH)
2
, (c) FeCl
3
.
18. Name the following compounds: (a) NH
4
Br, (b) Cr
2
O
3
, (c) Co(NO
3
)
2
.
19. Name the following acids: (a) HCN, (b) HNO
3
, (c) H
2
SO
4
, (d) H
2
SO
3
.
20. Give the chemical formulas for (a) hydrobromic acid, (b) carbonic acid.
21. Name the following compounds: (a) SO
2
, (b) PCl
5
, (c) N
2
O
3
.
22. Give the chemical formula for (a) silicon tetrabromide, (b) disulfur dichloride.