Green Chemistry and the Ten Commandments

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  1. Given that the name of HNO 3 is nitric acid, what is the name of HNO 2?

  2. The molecular formula of acetic acid is C 2 H 4 O 2. What is wrong with the reaction
    below in showing acetic acid dissociating in water?
    C 2 H 4 O 2 → 4H+ + C 2 O 2 -

  3. Given 40.0, 14.0. and 16.0 for the atomic masses of Ca, N, and O respectively, what
    is the percent composition of Ca(NO 3 ) 2?

  4. Given 39.1, 12.0, and 16.0 for the atomic masses of K, C, and O, respectively, what
    is the percent composition of K 2 CO 3?

  5. Using atomic masses given in Figure 2.9, what is the mass of a mole of Al 2 (CO 3 ) 3?
    What is its percentage composition?

  6. What is the mass of a mole of Al(NO 3 ) 3? How many moles of Al, N, and O are in
    exactly 1 mole of this compound?

  7. Iron, Fe forms an ionic oxide with oxygen in which each iron atom has lost 3
    electrons? What is the chemical formula of this compound?

  8. Considering the number of valence electrons in H, C, and N, write the Lewis formulas
    of (A) hydrazine, N 2 H 4 , in which 2 N atoms are joined by a covalent bond and each
    of the N atoms is also bonded to 2 H atoms, and of (B) HCN, in which an H atom
    and an N atom are each bonded with a central C atom.

  9. Complete the following: A mole is the quantity of material that contains ____

    __.



  10. How many Al atoms, N, atoms, and O atoms are contained in 213 g of Al(NO 3 ) 3?


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