Electrolytes and Dissolving: Quiz

7 questions

  1. Question 1EasyWhich solution conducts electricity best?
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    Answer: 0.10 mol/L NaCl

    NaCl is a strong electrolyte, fully split into ions. Ethanoic acid is only partly ionized, sugar forms no ions and pure water has very few.

  2. Question 2EasyWhich substance is a non-electrolyte?
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    Answer: Ethanol

    Ethanol dissolves as molecules and does not ionize. The others are a strong base, a strong acid and a soluble salt.

  3. Question 3EasyAround a dissolved Cl⁻ ion, water molecules point which atoms towards the ion?
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    Answer: Hydrogen atoms

    The hydrogen atoms carry a partial positive charge (δ+), attracted to the negative chloride ion.

  4. Question 4MediumWhat is [Cl⁻] in 0.150 mol/L FeCl₃?
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    Answer: 0.450 mol/L

    Each FeCl₃ gives three Cl⁻ ions: 3 × 0.150 mol/L = 0.450 mol/L.

  5. Question 5MediumWhich 0.10 mol/L solution has the highest total concentration of ions?
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    Answer: CaCl₂

    CaCl₂ gives 3 ions per formula unit (0.30 mol/L of ions); NaCl gives 2 (0.20 mol/L); ethanoic acid gives very few; glucose gives none.

  6. Question 6MediumDissolving a salt makes the solution warmer. What does this tell you?
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    Answer: Hydration releases more energy than breaking the lattice needs

    A warmer solution means dissolving is exothermic: the energy released by hydrating the ions exceeds the energy needed to separate them.

  7. Question 7Hard10.0 g of NH₄NO₃ (80.05 g/mol, ΔH(soln) = +25.7 kJ/mol) dissolves in water. How much heat is absorbed?
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    Answer: 3.21 kJ

    n = 10.0 g ÷ 80.05 g/mol = 0.1249 mol; q = 0.1249 mol × 25.7 kJ/mol = 3.21 kJ.