[Chemistry] Determine the amount of fluorine?

Good afternoon,

Unfortunately, I don't really understand the following task yet.

I'm really looking forward to your explanations so that I can finally understand it perfectly.

Task 3

a) What amount of fluorine (in g) occupies a volume of 6 liters under standard conditions?

b) Explain the reaction of magnesium with oxygen according to Dalton's atomic theory.

c) Give the enthalpy diagram (with technical terms) for b).

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DedeM
1 year ago

Good Morning,

(a)

under normal conditions, one mole of a gas enters 22.4 L. This allows you to determine the molar amount of 6 L of fluorine gas:

1 mol = 22.4 L
x moles = 6.0 L

1 mol to 22.4 L = x mol to 6.0 L

1 mol • 6.0 L ÷ 22.4 L = x mol

0.27 mol = x mol

And then you can talk about the relationship

m [g] = n [mol] • M [g/mol]

calculate the mass of the fluorine:

m [g] = 0.27 mol • 38 g/mol

m [g] = 10.26 g

Answer:
The mass of fluorine gas, which takes up a volume of 6 liters under normal conditions, is about 10.26 g.

(b)

Magnesium is a metal composed of individual magnesium atoms. Oxygen is a smallest non-metal, whose particles are two-atomic minimolecules, but at the time when Dalton had set up his atomic hypothesis, they did not yet know. Therefore, Dalton (wrongly) would have assumed that it would consist of individual atoms also in the case of oxygen.

And then Dalton would have described this: A substance portion of x atoms magnesium and x atoms oxygen connects to x atomic groups magnesium oxide.

For example, he would have shown that the "law of the preservation of the masses" (Lavoisier, 1789) and the "law of constant proportions" (Proust, 1797).

16 g of oxygen with 24 g of magnesium would react to 40 g of magnesium oxide (ie the masses of the two reactants are always in a ratio of 60% Mg: 40% O).

What kind of bonds are (ion binding) as they arise (ion formation by electron transfer) or why the two elements even connect to one another, the good Dalton had no idea.

(c)

The energy diagram of an exothermic reaction…
The flame of a burning piece of magnesium releases enormous amount of energy (strong exothermic reaction). The flame is hot and glowing between 2,400 and 3,000 degrees Celsius (white glow; strong release of light).

LG from the Waterkant

DedeM
1 year ago
Reply to  maennlich2002

Yes and no… The 22.414 L applies to a so-called "ideal gas." For real gases, the exact value actually depends on the substance. But even for real gases, it's always around 22.4 L under normal conditions. That's why I used this value for my calculations.

This is because, at a given pressure, temperature, and number of particles, the gas occupies the same volume. In other words: equal volumes (at constant pressure and temperature) can accommodate the same number of particles of a gas.

If you are interested in more details:

https://www.chemie.de/lexikon/Molares_Volumen.html

What you should know about the mole is that it's the unit of a quantity of substance. It ultimately indicates how many particles are contained in the portion of substance. The "particles" can be anything, such as cars, people, eggs, etc., but in chemistry, it's usually atoms, ions, molecules, electrons, etc.

It is true that 1 mole of anything always contains 6.022 • 10 23 particles. It is therefore a fixed number, much like a dozen always means 12 particles.

Important connections (around the mole) are

Number of particles N : N = N An

or

Mass m (of an amount of substance n ): m = n • M

or

Molar volume: V m = V ÷ n

Greetings from the waterfront

DedeM
1 year ago
Reply to  maennlich2002

Yes and yes.

Nope. We would express it like this today:

A substance portion of 2x atoms magnesium and x oxygen minimolecules combine to form 2x magnesium oxide formulae units.

Not necessarily, but I think Dalton would have mentioned it in connection with his nuclear hypothesis (to support his explanation)…

If you haven't had the ion bond yet, you don't have to know it. Like Dalton. He didn't know her during his lifetime.

DedeM
1 year ago

Yeah, basically. But it does not always have to react elements with each other. It can also be connections, which is why your introduction with "Normally stand left … yes always the individual elements…" only apply to such cases.

In addition, elements can also be released in a reaction so that they would then stand on the right side of the reaction arrow.

Example:

Magnesium reacts with sulfuric acid to form magnesium sulfate and hydrogen.
Mg + H 2 SO 4 → MgSO 4 + H 2

But the rest is true…

LG from the Waterkant

DedeM
1 year ago

You have to distinguish between an element and a compound ! An element always contains only one type of atom (Na, S, O, F, etc.). Unless another element symbol comes into play, it's an element. And among elements, H, N, O, F, Cl, Br, and I occur as diatomic minimolecules.

In a compound (ie when different element symbols appear next to each other in the formula), the symbols can be represented in different frequencies.

Example (for oxygen compounds):

Water: H 2 O (1 x O)
Carbon dioxide: CO 2 (2 x O)
Sodium nitrate: NaNO 3 (3 x O)
Potassium permanganate: KMnO 4 (4 x O) 0
Vanadium pentoxide: V 2 O 5 (5 x O)
Glucose: C 6 H 12 O 6 (6 x O)
Potassium dichromate: K 2 Cr 2 O 7 (7 x O)
Octanoctanol : C8H18O8 ( 8xO )
Sodium glucose 6-phosphate: NaC 6 H 11 PO 9 (9 x O)
Phosphorus pentoxide: P 4 O 10 (10 x O)
etc.

As I said, it's important to distinguish between elements and compounds!

Greetings from the waterfront

DedeM
1 year ago

I'm currently very cold so I don't have the power to answer your first question (lasts too long). I have already explained this very often in the forum (representation of a reaction scheme). Do you have to look…

And yes, a factor (number before a formula) always refers to all element symbols (plus indices) in the formula. In contrast, an index (which is the lowest number behind an element symbol or a bracket) refers exclusively to the end standing directly in front of it.

Examples:

2 2 SO 4

is 2 (factor) x 2 (index) Na (= 4 Na)
2 (factor) S (= 2 S)
2 (factor) x 4 (index) O (= 8 O).

3 Ca(NO) 3 ) 2

is 3 (factor) Ca (= 3 Ca)
3 (factor) x 2 (index behind the clamp) N (= 6 N)
3 (factor) x 3 (index on O) x 2 (index behind the clamp) O (= 18 O)

LG from the Waterkant

DedeM
1 year ago

Yes, a fluoro-ATOM has the mass of 19 u, but the smallest particles of fluoro-gas are not single atoms, but two-atom minimolecules (F 2 ). Thus, two atoms are always present in such a smallest particle of fluorine gas. Therefore it is also (2 • 19 =) 38 u or 38 g/mol…

DedeM
1 year ago

Yes, it helps if you know the value by heart.