Chemical Bonding: Types, Properties, and Structures

Unit 2: Chemical Bonding

Ionic Bond – Lattice Energy

Formula

Where K is Coulomb’s constant, Z represents the charges of the ions, e is the absolute value of the electron charge, N is Avogadro’s number, d is the internuclear distance, m is the Madelung constant, and ε is the Born exponent.

Born-Haber Cycle and Lattice Energy

The Born-Haber cycle is a thermodynamic cycle that analyzes all the processes involved in the formation of one mole of an ionic compound from its constituent elements in their most stable

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Understanding Matter and Energy: Properties, Laws, and Atomic Structure

**Physical Property**

All properties of matter are subject to the scientific method: observation, hypothesis formulation, experimentation, communication of results, and extraction of conclusions.

**Physics**

Studies the changes in materials in which the substances are not transformed into other new substances.

**Chemistry**

Studies the transformations that substances can experience: structure, composition, and properties.

**Absolute Error**

The difference in absolute value between the approximate value

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Chemical Reaction Rates: Factors and Catalysis

Chemical Reaction Rate

Experience indicates that the rate at which reactants are transformed into products varies greatly from one reaction to another. Some reactions are extremely slow, while others are almost instantaneous. The rate of a reaction is a positive quantity that expresses the change of concentration of a reactant or product over time.

Measuring the Rate of Reaction

The rate can be found at a particular moment, called the instantaneous rate. The rate of a reaction at a given instant is

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Understanding Chemical Changes and Thermodynamics

Understanding Chemical Changes

One change is the transformation of a system over time. Type: Physical change: No change of the material (mechanical, electricity, magnetism, chemical, …). Change: This involves a modified form and has associated energy changes. He studied chemistry and thermodynamics (thermochemistry). The matters that become known as the reagents and obtained products. The change is the process or chemical reaction.

Chemical Laws

Chemical rearrangement of atoms = Change = link restructuring

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Understanding Battery Types and Their Functions

BATTERIES

A battery is a series of electrolytic cells used to generate a continuous electrical current or direct current. There are primary cells and secondary cells. Commonly called primary cells or batteries, they produce electricity through an irreversible chemical process and, when depleted, must be removed and replaced. Secondary cells, commonly called accumulators, operate on a reversible principle and can be recharged by connecting them to an adequate source of electrical power.

Every cell

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Understanding Pure Substances and Thermodynamics Principles

Pure Substances



Heat Transfer Equations


Q1 = m * Cn * ΔT
m: mass of water
Cn: specific heat of ice

Q2 = m * Lf: heat of fusion (latent) for ice

Q3 = m * C * ΔTC: Heat sensible
C: 1 Kcal/Kg

Q4 = m * Lv: heat of vaporization (latent) for H2O
Lv: 540 Kcal/Kg
Lv: 970 BTU / LBM

Q5 = m * Cv * ΔT
Cv: 0.45 Kcal / Kg


Example Calculation


200 g of ice at -10 ºC to calculate the amount needed to transform 200 g of steam at 120 ºC. The external pressure is 760 mmHg. The specific heat of ice is 0.5 cal / g ºC and

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