Problem Set # 1, October 2009

1. What is the final concentration of Cl- ion when 250 mL of 0.20 M CaCl2 solution is mixed with 250 mL
of 0.40 M KCl solution ? (Assume additive volumes)

(a) 0.10 M (b) 0.20 M (c) 0.30 M (d) 0.40 M (e) 0.60 M

2. Which pair of substances could be separated by mixing with water and filtering ?
(a) NaNO3 and K2SO4
(b) CH3OH and CH3COCH3
(c) MgCO3 and Fe(OH)3
(d) KCl and CuS
(e) BaCl2 and NaNO3

3. When a hydrate of Na2CO3 is heated until all the water is removed, it loses 54.3 percent of its mass.
The formula of the hydrate is

(a) Na2CO3 . 10 H2O (b) Na2CO3 . 7 H2O (c) Na2CO3 . 5 H2O (d) Na2CO3 . 3 H2O
(e) Na2CO3 . H2O

4. An aqueous solution of acetone, CH3COCH3, is 10.00 % acetone by weight. What is the mole percentage
of acetone in this solution ?

(a) 3.332 mol% (b) 5.00 mol% (c) 10.00 mol% (d) 11.11 mol% (e) 17.22 mol%

5. How many grams of potassium permanganate, KMnO4, are needed to prepare 250.00 mL of a 0.100 M
solution ?

(a) 3.951 g (b) 9.877 g (c) 15.80 g (d) 39.51 g (e) 158.0 g

6. An ore contains 1.34% of the mineral argentite, Ag2S, by weight. How many grams of this ore would
have to be processed in order to obtain 1.00 g of pure solid silver, Ag ?

(a) 74.6 g (b) 85.7 g (c) 107.9 g (d) 134.0 g (e) 171.4 g

7. Cortisone is a molecular substance containing 21 atoms of carbon per molecule. The weight percentage
of carbon in cortisone is 69.98%. What is the molecular weight of cortisone ?

(a) 176.5 (b) 252.2 (c) 287.6 (d) 312.8 (e) 360.4

8. A 20.00 mL sample of 0.100 M Ba(NO3)2 is mixed with 30.00 mL of 0.400 M NH4NO3.

The [NO3-] in the resulting solution is

(a) 0.250 M (b) 0.280 M (c) 0.320 M (d) 0.400 M (e) 0.500 M

9. An atom that has the same number of neutrons as 85Rb is

(a) 85Kr (b) 87Rb (c) 85Sr (d) 86Sr (e) 86Kr
10. Equal volumes of 0.200 M HCl and 0.400 M KOH are mixed. The resulting concentrations are

(a) [K+] = 0.400 M; [Cl-] = 0.200 M; [H+(aq)] = 0.200 M

(b) [K+] = 0.200 M; [Cl-] = 0.100 M; [OH-] = 0.100 M
(c) [K+] = 0.100 M; [Cl-] = 0.100 M; [OH-] = 0.100 M
(d) [K+] = 0.200 M; [Cl-] = 0.100 M; [H+(aq)] = 0.100 M
(e) [K+] = 0.200 M; [Cl-] = 0.200 M

11. The first ionization energy of an element is the energy required to remove one electron from a gaseous
atom of that element, that is, it is the energy required for the reaction X(g) → X+(g) + e-
where X stands for any element. Which of the following elements would you expect to have the
lowest first ionization energy ?

(a) Mg (b) Rb (c) Li (d) Ca (e) Be

12. At 27 °C and 1.00 atm, the density of a gaseous hydrocarbon is 1.22 g/L. The hydrocarbon is

(a) CH4 (b) C2H4 (c) C2H6 (d) C3H8 (e) C3H6

13. At what temperature will the molar kinetic energy of 0.30 mol of He be the same as the molar kinetic
energy of 0.40 mol of Ar at 400 K ?

(a) 533 K (b) 400 K (c) 346 K (d) 300 K (e) 225 K

14. A mixture of 50.0 mL of ammonia and 60.0 mL of oxygen gas reacts according to the following
equation: 4 NH3(g) + 5 O2(g) → 4 NO(g) + 6 H2O(g)
If all gases are at the same temperature and pressure, and the reaction continues until one of the gases is
completely consumed, what volume of water vapour is produced ?

(a) 48.0 mL (b) 60.0 mL (c) 72.0 mL (d) 75.0 mL (e) 110 mL

15. What is the partial pressure of SO2 if 100 g of O2 are mixed with 100 g of SO2, and the total pressure is
600 mm Hg ?

(a) 500 mm Hg (b) 400 mm Hg (c) 300 mm Hg (d) 200 mm Hg (e) 100 mm Hg

16. A 0.20-mol sample of a hydrocarbon CxHy yields, after complete combustion with excess O2 gas,
0.80 mol of CO2 and 1.0 mol of H2O. The molecular formula of CxHy is

(a) C4H10 (b) C4H8 (c) C4H5 (d) C8H16 (e) C8H10

17. A certain solid has a density of 3.2 g/cm3. An educated guess of the value of the density of the liquid
form of this substance would be

(a) 3.2 g/mL (b) 2.9 g/mL (c) 1.6 g/mL (d) 0.32 g/mL (e) 3.2 g/L

18. One mole of ethanol, CH3CH2OH, is placed in a 250-mL beaker. Another mole of ethanol is placed in
a 1.0-L beaker. Both beakers are covered and maintained at the same temperature at which only parts of
the liquid evaporated. The equilibrium partial pressure of ethanol in the gas phase in the 250-mL beaker
is 88 mm Hg. In the 1.0-L beaker the equilibrium partial pressure, in millimeters of mercury, is

(a) 22 (b) 44 (c) 88 (d) 176 (e) 352

19. Sodium thiosulfate, Na2S2O3·5H2O (commonly known as "hypo" from an old name, sodium
hyposulfite) is used extensively in photography and volumetric analysis. Iodine reacts quantitatively
with sodium thiosulfate in water, and sodium tetrathionate is formed:
2 Na2S2O3 + I2 → Na2S4O6 + 2 NaI

What are the oxidation numbers of sulfur in the thiosulfate ion, S2O32-, and the tetrathionate ion, S4O62- ?

S2O32- S4O62-
(a) -2 -2.5
(b) -0.5 -1
(c) +0.5 +1
(d) +2 +2.5
(e) +3 +3

20. One of the steps in the manufacture of nitric acid from ammonia, NH3, involves the disproportionation
(self-oxidation and self-reduction) of nitrous acid, HNO2, according to the following unbalanced equation:

a HNO2 → b NO + c HNO3 + d H2O

What are the stoichiometric coefficients when the equation is properly balanced ?

a b c d

(a) 1 1 1 1
(b) 2 2 1 1
(c) 5 2 3 1
(d) 6 6 3 3
(e) None of the above