Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY Here we’ll cover three main topics that fall under the broad category o ...

This type of reaction is called photodissociation—in photodissociation, a bond is broken as a molecule ...

oxygen to form SO 3 . In turn, SO 3 reacts with rainwater to produce sulfuric acid, in the following re ...

DRILL 1 Question Type A Questions 1–4 refer to the following. (A) Esters (B) Alkenes (C) Ketones (D) Halides (E) Ami ...

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Question Type C C 6 H 12 O 6 → 2C 2 H 5 OH + 2CO 2 The above is an example of which type of reaction? (A ...

Thermosphere (B)Stratosphere < Mesosphere < Troposphere < Thermosphere (C)Thermosphere < Troposphere < M ...

Summary Organic chemistry is the study of carbon compounds, and environmental chemistry is chemistry of the enviro ...

Ozone, O 3 , protects Earth by absorbing high-energy radiation from the sun. It is destroyed by chlorofluo ...

Chapter 14 Laboratory Laboratory procedures make up a relatively small part of the test. Among the things ...

SAFETY RULES • Always wear safety goggles in the laboratory. • Always work with good ventil ...

ACCURACY • When titrating, rinse the buret not with water but with the solution to be used in ...

SIGNIFICANT FIGURES When you do calculations based on measurements that you take in the lab, your answers ...

counting objects are infinitely significant. So if a balanced equation calls for 3 moles of carbon, we ca ...

LAB PROCEDURES Methods of Separation Filtration—In filtration, solids are separated from liquids as th ...

At the equivalence point, moles(acid) = moles(base) which means that molarity(acid) × volume(acid) = molarity(bas ...

Colored Solutions—The color of a solution will sometimes indicate which chemicals are present. For ...

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT The pictures below show some standard chemistry lab equipment. Used to hold and pou ...

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Used to add small but precisely measured volumes of liquid to a solution, used frequently in titration ex ...