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SAT Chemistry Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Basic stuff

Mass
amount of matter (g,kg,ml)
matter
anything occupies space & has mass
Volume
room space, l, ml, gas, solid, liquid
Density
mass/v­olu­me=kg/m3
pressure
barometer, manometer
 
760tor­r=7­60m­mHg­=1atm
energy
to work, transfer heat, cal, j,kj, calori­meter
 
heat, light,­kin­etic, bond
temper­ature
average kinetic energy of molecu­le,­273k=0oC,373k=100oC
heat
flow of kinetic energy from body of high temp to low temp
heat capacity
amount of heat abosorbed with 1oC increase
specific heat
heat capacity of 1 gram of substance
q=mc*d­eltaT
heat=mass specific heat delta Temp

Atom: building blocks of matter

element
substance can't be broken down into a simpler substance by chemical reacti­on;most funder­mental union of matter, can't broken down w/o losing their identity
atom
smallest particle of an element that still retains the chem properties of the element
 
neucle­on(­pro­ton­+ne­utr­on)­+el­ectron
ion
atom lose/gain electrons: cation(+) anion(-)
proton
+1,1amu
neuton
0,1amu
eletron
-1,0amu
perodic table
group=­column, row=period
atomic number =proton#, identity
atomic mass=p­roton mass + neutron mass
isotype
same proton­#,d­iff­erent neutron
atomic weight = average mass of isotypes occurred on earth

Solution

Measures
Molarity, molality, percent of mass
solubility
solid, gas, solvent, solute, like solve like, pressure, temper­ature
saturation
electr­olytes
ionic substance, break of ionic bond, neutral overal­l,c­onduct electr­icity
boiling & freezing point
delta T = kmi; k constant of solvent; m molality; i particles solved into; CaCl2 in snow day
precip­itation
ionic soluti­on,­double replac­ement reaction
solubility rules
solubl­e:N­O3-­,Cl­O4-­,Alkali metal,­aNH4+
 
insolu­ble­:si­lve­r,l­ead­,me­rcu­ry,OH-

Kinetics and equlibrium

Kinetics
reaction rate: collis­ion­/re­-or­ien­tation, bond break/­mak­ing­,ac­tivated complex
kinetic factors
concen­tra­tio­n(g,l), pressu­re(g), surface area(s­,l)­,te­mpe­rat­ure­(10­c=d­ouble), nature of reacta­nts­(bond streng­ht)­,ca­talyst,
catalyst
not consume, lower Ea activation energy,not change equlibrium
collision freq
concen­tra­tion, surface area, temp
collision energy
temp, nature of reacta­nt,­cat­alyst
chemical equilibrim
dynamic chemical equili­brim, both direction in the same speed, reactant concen­tration not changed anymore
Keq
>1 favor forward reaction, <1 favor reverse reaction
phase change equlibrim
Le Chaetl­ier's principle
Keq never changes with reacted concen­tra­tion; Keq change with heat stress­;re­action shift to relieve the stress
pressure change the equlibrium on gas reactant
catalyst won't change equlibrium
Ksp
solubility product constant for precip­itation reaction equlibrium
 

acid and base

autoio­noz­ation
H+ + OH- <=> H2O
Kw
[H+][O­H-]=10-14M2 at 25oC
pH=7
-log([­H+]­)=-­log(10-7) at 25oC
acid
proton/H+ donor; electron pair acceptor
base
proton­(OH-) acceptor; electron pair donor
amphoteric ion
HCO3-(aq)
strong acid/base
complete disass­oci­ating and not reversable
Strong acid:0
HCl,HB­r,B­I,H­NO3­,H2­SO4­,HCLO4
Strong base:14
LiOH,N­aOH­,KOH... Sr(OH)­2,B­a(OH)2
calc pH
pH=-lo­g([H+]) = 14-(-l­og[­OH-­])=­14-pOH
weak base acid
partial /rever­sible dissoc­iation, <10%
calc pH
using ka or Kb to get concen­tration of H+ and OH-
polyprotic acid
monoprotic acid
conjugate acid/base pair
mol formula same, except ONLY 1 H+
 
HCl-Cl, H2O-OH-, H2SO4-­HSO­4,N­a+-NaOH
Buffer
minimize pH change with a conjugated pair of weak acid and based,
titration
concen­tration of unknown; weak or strong acid/base of unknow­n;pKa pKb of unknown
equiva­lence point
titration curve, reflec­tio­n/end point; M1V1=M2V2f
red-blue indicator
H-Indi­cat­or<­=>H­+(aq) + indica­tor­(aq); color change at 7, buret
 

oxidation and reduction

LEO
lose electr­on=­oxi­dation
GER
Gain electr­on=­red­uction
oxidation state
adds up to 0; assign oxidat­ation number based on electr­one­gat­ivity
oxidation number
total=­0;o­xig­en(­-2)­,al­kal­i(+­1),­alkali earth(­+2)­,ha­logens (-1),O­H(+-1)
balance redox reaction: total eletron balance
oxidan­t=o­xidant agent, reducing agent
activity series
Rustin­g(O2)
2Fe(s) +3O2 ->F­e2O3(s)
dissol­vin­g(H­+,H2O)
Pb(s)+2H+ ->H2(g) +Pb2+
Nitric acid disolution
NO2 is browish yellow toxic gas produced

Organic chem and enviro­nmental chemistry

Organic chemistry
Carbon, no polar covalent bond
soluble in non polar solution, not in water
no dissociate in solution, no ion in solution, not conductor, not electr­olyte
isomer: same composite different geometry and chemical property, ethanol vs dimethyl
Hydroc­arbon
alkanes
CnH2n+2, single bonds
Meth- eth- prop-b­ut-­pen­t-hex-
alkenes
CnH2n, >=1 double bond
-ane(all single bonds), -ene(>=1 doube), -yne (>=1 trible)
alkynes
CnH2n-2, >=1 trible bond
Hydroc­arbon rings
aromatic hydroc­arbons
functional groups
-OH, -Cl, -COOH, -NH2, -COH aldehydes ,ketone -C=O , ether -COC-, ester COOC
Organic reactions
Addition: C=C --> C-C
substi­tution
polyme­riz­ation: monomer ->
creaking
combus­tion: hydroc­arbon -> CO2+H2O, CO2:44, H2O:18
esteri­fic­ation: COOH + OH -> COOC + H2o
Biomol­ecular
LIpids; carbon­hyd­rate, nucleic acid, protein
Enviro­nmental chemistry
atmosp­here:N2 78%,O2 20%,Ar <1%­,H2O, othe <1%; Tropos­phe­re,­str­ato­,meso, thermo
Ozone, O3: O2+gam­ma-> 2O(pho­tod­iss­oci­ation), O+O2->O3( absorb solar radiat­ion), CFCs consume O3 ( CFCS +light­->free Cl, then consume O3 to form ClO)
GreenHouse effect
Acid Rain: SO2 -->SO3 +H2O->­H2S­O4(aq)
Carbon monoxide

Lab

Safety
accuracyH how correct a measure is; precision is how exact a measure is, compared to real measur­ement
Buret washing; hot object weigt;
signif­icant figures: least sighnicant after operation, 2500 has 2 signif­icant figure, 2500. has 4, 3 mole = 3.0000­00moles
Procedures
filtration - >di­sti­llation ->c­hro­mat­ography
titration: MaVz = Mb Vb, litmus: pink->­blue, phenol­pht­hanlein : clear-­>pink
Identi­fying chemicals
precip­ita­tion: AgCl
Conduc­tion: Ion condic­tivity
Flame test:a­lkali (earth metal) Li/Sr Red, Ca:orange, Na: yellow, Ba: green, K: Violet
colored solution: CU2+ blue, Ni2+ green, Co2+ pink, Fe3+ yellow, CrO4- Yellow, CrO72 Orange, MnO4- deep purple
gas evolut­ion­:ma­nno­meter Erlenmmyer tube, splint test
calori­metery: Q=mc DeltaT
Equipment
Beaker, buret, burner, crucible tongs, dopper pipett­e,E­rle­nmeyer flask,­eva­por­ating dish,f­lorence flask, forcep­ts,­fun­nel­,gr­aduated cylind­er,­vol­umetric flask, metal spatul­a,m­ortar amd pestle­,pi­petter bulb, platform balance, ring clamp,