Chemistry 111H Section 1 Name____________________________

Practice Exam 1
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This exam consists of 8 problems on 8 pages worth 100 points. Please work in the space
provided as much as possible. Much of the credit will be given for correctly setting up the
problems; therefore, you must show all your work to receive full credit. Be sure to write out
clearly what you are doing, since if I can't understand what you have done I cannot give you
credit for your work. If you need additional space, clearly mark where to find your work. If you
use extra pages, be sure that your name is on each of those pages.
This exam is closed book and closed note. A periodic table along with formulae and additional
information can be found at the end of the exam. If you feel that there is not enough information
given in a question for you to properly answer the question, be sure to justify any assumptions
you need to make. If you feel there are errors in the exam, you can use the phone at the testing
center desk to call Dr. Asplund at 422-5275.
THIS IS A 3-HOUR TIMED EXAM. I WILL BE TRACKING THE TIME THAT PEOPLE TAKE TO FINISH,
BUT WILL NOT ASSESS SPECIFIC PENALTIES FOR THE FIRST TEST.
Scores
1. State whether each of the following statements is true or false? Correct any false statements
and state why true statements are true.
a. Electrons are particles
b. For an aqueous solution, molarity is always more than molality
c. The frequency of light emitted if the electron drops from n = 2 to n = 1 in a He+ ion is
higher than the frequency of light emitted if the electron falls from n = 2 to n = 1 in a
hydrogen atom.
d. An electron ejected from a metal surface by blue light will have less kinetic energy than
an electron ejected by red light.
e. De Broglie said that atoms had a heavy nucleus with electrons orbiting like planets.
f. As the temperature of a black body increases, the wavelength at which the maximum
intensity is found decreases.

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(10) 2. In a reproduction of the Millikan oil-drop experiment, a student obtains the following values
2. __________ / 10 for charges on nine different oil droplets.

3. __________ / 10 6.563 x 10-19 C 13.13 x 10-19 C 19.71 x 10-19 C

8.204 x 10-19 C 16.48 x 10-19 C 22.89 x 10-19 C
4. __________ / 15 11.50 x 10-19 C 18.08 x 10-19 C 26.18 x 10-19 C

5. __________ / 13 a. Based on these data alone, what is your best estimate of the number of electrons on each
of the above droplets? (Hint: Begin by considering differences in charges between
6. __________ / 10 adjacent data points, and see what groups these fall into.)

7. __________ / 15
b. Based on these data alone, what is your best estimate of the charge on the electron?
8. __________ / 15

c. Is it conceivable that the actual charge is half the charge you calculated in part (b)? What
Total __________ / 100 evidence would help you decide one way or the other?

(10) 3. A single grain of sand has a volume of 1 mm3, has a density of 2.1 g/ml, and is made up of
SiO2 molecules.
a. How many molecules are in a grain.

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 b. Assuming that you replace the Si atoms with Pb atoms (it is down the periodic table form
Si, and should have similar chemistry), and that the PbO2 molecules are the same size as
SiO2, then what is the density of lead sand. (15) 8. Describe two of the early (and incorrect) models of atoms that was posed, including a
description of the experimental evidence that was used to support, and what showed that it was
not a correct model. Write fewer than 500 words total, and use any graphs or diagrams that
would help you explain yourself clearly. Consider your audience to be your old high school
(15) 4. Alarm systems employ the photoelectric effect. A beam of light strikes a piece of metal in a chemistry class.
photocell, ejecting electrons continuously and causing a small electric current to flow. When
someone steps into the light beam, the current is interrupted and the alarm is triggered.
Answer each of the following questions by explaining each step of the problem qualitatively in
the left hand column and calculating the numerical answer in the right hand column.

a. What is the maximum wavelength of light that can be used in such an alarm system if the
photocell metal is sodium, with a work function of 4.41 x 10-19 J?
b. What is the minimum frequency?
c. If 250. nm light is used in the alarm system, what is the maximum kinetic energy of the
photoelectrons?
d. What is the velocity of these maximum kinetic energy photoelectrons?
e. If the intensity of the light is 10 mWatts, assuming that one photoelectron is produced for
each photon, what is the current (in Amps=C/s) produced by this light.

(13) A mixture of aluminum and iron weighing 9.62 g reacts with hydrogen chloride in aqueous
solution according to the parallel reactions
2 Al + 6 HCl -> 2 AlCl3 + 3 H2
Fe + 2 HCl -> FeCl2 + H2
A 0.738 g quantity of hydrogen is evolved when the metals react completely. Calculate the mass
of iron in the original mixture.

(10) 6. In class we determined that the velocity of me (Dr. Asplund) necessary to diffract was so
slow that diffraction would never
be observed (even if I could be given such a slow velocity and isolated such that it was undisturbed).
Calculate the velocity necessary for an alpha particle (a He nucleus) to diffract when passing
through a gold foil. (Assume that gold nuclei are .2 nm in diameter)

(15) 7. When I canned peaches this summer, I followed a recipe that called for canning them in a
sample syrup of 2 cups sugar (C12H22O11) and 4 cups water (H2O) , yielding 5 cups of the
syrup.
a) Calculate the molarity of the sugar in the solution.
b) Calculate the molality of sugar in the solution
c) If I want 1L of 1.0 M sugar solution, how would I use my simple syrup to make this
solution
d) What is the mole fraction of sugar in the solution?

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