Barrons SAT Subject Test Chemistry, 13th Edition

(A) The metal with the given electron shell configuration is Cu. Cu, Ag, and Au are all in Group 11, but Ag and Au have higher ...

(A) Because the halogen family’s physical state goes from a gas to a solid and they form ions by completing the outer p orbital ...

(C) Not all metals are solids at room temperature. Most notable is mercury, which is a liquid at room temperature. ...

14. Carbon and Organic Chemistry 1. (C) Because carbon has 4 electrons in its outer energy level, it usually forms four covalent ...

(D) Bituminous coal has too much gaseous impurities to burn at a high temperature needed to refine iron ore. It is heated in co ...

(C) The reaction of an acid and a carbonate is the usual way to prepare CO 2. ...

(D) The reaction is: CO 2 + Ca(OH) 2 → CaCO 3 ↓ + H 2 O. ...

(B) The lead in a lead pencil is a mixture of graphite and clay. ...

(B) The first alkane is methane, CH 4. ...

(D) The slight oxidation of a primary alcohol produced an aldehyde. An example is: ...

(E) The functional group for an ester is shown as –COO–. ...

(A) Ethanol can be oxidized into the organic acid enthanoic acid, which has the common name of acetic acid. ...

(C) The formation of an ester is from the reaction of an organic acid and an alcohol. The general equation is: ...

(B) Isomers are compounds that have the same composition but differ in their structural formulas. ...

(D) Ethene is the first member of the alkene series that has one double bond. Because it has a double bond, it is said to be un ...

(E) The NH 2 − group, called an amine group, makes this structure ethylamine. This type of organic structure is called an amid ...

(C) The methyl (CH 3 –) group and the propyl (–C 3 H 7 ) group attached to a center oxygen (–O–) makes this methyl propyl ethe ...

(A) Propane is the third member of the alkane series, which is made up of a chain of single-bonded carbons and hydrogens with t ...

(B) Ethanoic acid is composed of a methyl group attached to the carboxyl group (-COOH). The latter is the functional group for ...

(D) The propan- part of the name tells you its basic structure is from propane, which is a three-carbon alkane. The –one part t ...