PEC140 Introduction to Chemistry

STUDY BLOCK 2 Tutorial Questions

1. Choose elements from the following list to answer the following questions.
manganese, potassium, iodine, oxygen

a) Which one, if any, is a transition element? List 3 additional transition elements.
b) Which element, if any, commonly forms only an M
+
ion (i.e. and ion with a +1 charge)?
Why?
c) Which element, if any, can commonly form an X
2
ion (i.e. and ion with a 2 charge)?
What other elements may form X
2
ions?

2. Locate on the periodic table each pair of elements whose atomic numbers are given below. Do the
elements in each pair belong to the same period or the same group/family?
a) 19 and 30 b) 8 and 52
c) 24 and 74 d) 3 and 10
e) Which pairs of elements are expected to have similar chemical properties? Why?

3. For the element give the following information: X
19
9

a) mass number,
b) number of electrons in an atom of X,
c) number of neutrons in an atom of X.

4. What is the definition of a molecule? Can an element also be a molecule? Explain.

5. Write the chemical formula for each of the following and classify each as a type I, II or III (using
Zumdahls definitions) binary compound:
a) magnesium bromide b) cobalt(II) chloride
c) dinitrogen pentoxide d) sodium carbonate
e) calcium hydroxide f) aluminium nitrite

6. Name the following ions:
a) PO
4
3
b) S
2
c) CrO
4
2

d) NH
4
+
e) CH
3
CO
2

f) H
2
PO
4

7. Write the name of each of the following substances:
a) Mg
3
N
2
b) CaO c) FeCl
3

d) Li
4
C e) Li
2
CO
3
f) MgSO
4

g) Na
2
SO
3
h) HCN i) KMnO
4


8. a) Define an isotope.
b) Calculate the average atomic mass of nitrogen given that it has two naturally occurring
isotopes: N
14
7
(99.50%) and N
15
7
(0.500%)

9. When iron rusts in moist air, the product is typically a mixture of two iron-oxygen compounds. In
one compound, there is an equal number of iron and oxygen atoms. In the other compound, there
are three oxygen atoms for every two iron atoms. Write the formulae for the two iron oxides.



10. Name the following acids:
a) H
3
PO4 b) H
2
SO
4
c) H
2
SO
3

d) HNO
2
e) HBr

11. Write the chemical formulas of the following acids
a) perchloric acid b) nitric acid c) hydrofluoric acid

12. Which of the following formulae is incorrect?
a) lithium carbonate Li
2
CO
3

b) manganese sulfide MgS
c) chromium(II) sulfate CrSO
4

d) dinitrogen trioxide N
2
O
5

e) chlorite ion ClO
3

f) phosphorous pentachloride PCl
5


13. Which of the following, if any, represent a pair of isotopes of the same element?
a)
2
H and
1
H b)
13
N and
13
C c) CO and CO
2