- Using the periodic table, predict what the proper empirical formula will be when magnesium reacts with fluorine to form an ionic solid.
- MgF2
- MgF
- Mg2F
- Mg2F2
- it cannot be determined.
- How many grams does 4.00 moles of H2O weigh?
- 4.00 g
- 4.50 g
- 18.0 g
- 72.0 g
- 144.0 g
- How many H2O molecules are there in a snow flake that weighs 4.0 x 10-4 g?
- 1.3 x 1019
- 2.4 x 1020
- 2.2 x 10-5
- 6.02 x 1023
- it cannot be determined
- If you take a 0.100 g dose of Vitamin C, C6H8O6, how many moles is this?
- 0.100 mol
- 5.68 x 10-4 mol
- 17.61 mol
- 2.01 mol
- 6.84 x 10-2 mol
- For the following reaction, what is the stoichiometric coefficient for water that balances the reaction?
N2O5 + ___ H2O --> ___ HNO3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- For the following combustion reaction, what is the stoichiometric coefficient for oxygen that balances the reaction?
C3H8 + __ O2 --> ___ H2O + ___ CO2
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- The following reaction: 2Mg + O2 --> 2MgO can be classified as a
- Combustion reaction
- Acid-base reaction
- Decomposition reaction
- Combination reaction
- None of these
- What is the percent composition of phosphorous in P4O10?
- 10.9%
- 60.0%
- 43.6%
- 36.4%
- 100%
- Consider the following (balanced) combustion reaction. If 16 g of CH4 are consumed, what is the amount of H2O produced, in g?
CH4 + 2O2 --> CO2 + 2H2O
| MW CH4 = 16 g/mol | MW O2 = 32 g/mol |
| MW CO2 = 44 g/mol | MW H2O = 18 g/mol |
- 64 g
- 32 g
- 18 g
- 36 g
- 44 g
- What is the average mass of 10 aluminum atoms?
- 26.981 amu
- 1.624 x 10-26 g
- 269.81 g
- 4.481 x 10-22 g
- 1.661 x 10-24 g
- The common name for acetic acid is vinegar. The chemical formula is CH3CO2H. How many atoms of hydrogen are present in 35.00 moles of vinegar?
- 8.431 x 1025
- 2.108 x 1025
- 1.400 x 102
- 1.744 x 10-22
- 2.401 x 1024
- In the balanced equation for the reaction:
NH3(g) + O2(g) --> NO(g) + H2O(g)
The coefficient for O2 is:
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 8
- 10
- What is the empirical formula of a compound that contains 30.43% N and 69.57% O?
- N2O
- NO
- NO2
- N2O3
- N2O4
- Solid lithium hydroxide is used by NASA to remove (scrub) carbon dioxide from the spacecraft by reacting with the carbon dioxide to form solid lithium carbonate and liquid water. The balanced equation is:
2LiOH(s) + CO2(g) --> Li2CO3(s) + H2O(l)
What mass of lithium carbonate will be formed by reacting 3.80 kg of lithium hydroxide with excess carbon dioxide?
- 3.80 kg
- 5.86 kg
- 11.7 kg
- 280 kg
- not enough information
- Apatite is a mineral found in tooth enamel. When fluoride toothpastes are used, the mineral is converted to fluoroapatite, which is much harder and therfore more resistant to tooth decay. The formula for fluoroapatite is Ca5(PO4)3F. What is the molecular weight?
- 106.1 g/mol
- 200.4 g/mol
- 314.4. g/mol
- 424.3 g/mol
- 504.3 g/mol
- Which is the limiting reagent when 10.0 g of H2 and 10.0 g of Cl2 react according to the reaction:
H2(g) + Cl2(g) --> 2HCl(g)
- H2
- Cl2
- HCl
- Not enough information.
- None of the above. They are present in equal amounts.
- How many chlorine atoms are contained in 18.29 g of chlorine given that the atomic weight of chlorine is 35.453 amu?
- 2.767 x 1023
- 1.244 x 1024
- 8.172 x 10-25
- 7.776 x 1015
- 3.107 x 1023
- What is the mass in grams of Zirconium (Zr) in 0.3384 mol of the mineral zircon, ZrSiO4, given the atomic weights: Zr = 91.22 amu; Si = 28.09 amu; O = 16.00 amu?
- 30.87 g
- 21.66 g
- 9.36 g
- 273 g
- 97.6 g
- What is the % by weight of carbon in ascorbic acid, C6H8O6, also known as Vitamin C, given the atomic weights: C = 12.01 amu; H = 1.008 amu; O = 16.00 amu?
- 40.9%
- 4.58%
- 54.5%
- 30.0%
- 12.0%
- What is the empirical formula of a compound that contains 87.5% N and 12.5% H by weight, given the atomic weights: N = 14.01 g; H = 1.008 g?
- N2H4
- NH3
- NH2
- N2H6
- N2H
- What is the mass of AlBr3 in grams produced by the reaction of 1.5 mol of HBr according to the following equation:
2Al + 6HBr --> 2AlBr3 + 3H2
and given the atomic weights: Al = 26.98 amu; Br = 79.90 amu; H = 1.008 amu?
- 520 g
- 260 g
- 130 g
- 65.0 g
- 79.9 g
- Which is the limiting reagent when 62.0 g of P4 and 128 g of S8 react according to:
4P4 + 5S8 --> 4P4S10
and given the atomic weights: P = 31.0 amu; S = 32.0 amu?
- P4
- S8
- not enough information
- neither P4 nor S8
- both P4 and S8
- Magnesium metal burns in oxygen to form magnesium oxide, MgO. The theoretical yield of magnesium oxide from a reaction mixture containing 1.204 x 1024 Mg atoms and 25.0 g oxygen gas is: [AW: Mg = 24.31; O = 16.00]
- 0.391 mol
- 0.781 mol
- 1.56 mol
- 2.00 mol
- 2.78 mol
- What is the coefficient of O2 appearing in the following equation when it is balanced with smallest whole numbers?
C6H12O6 + O2 --> CO2 + H2O
- 1
- 2
- 6
- 9
- 18
- A reaction occurs between sodium carbonate and hydrochloric acid producing sodium chloride, carbon dioxide and water. The correct coefficients for the balanced equation in the order of the substances given is:
- 3, 6, 6, 3, 4
- 8, 6, 5, 10, 5
- 5, 10, 10, 5, 5
- 1, 2, 2, 1, 1
- none of these
- Apatite is a mineral that is found in tooth enamel. When fluoride toothpastes are used, this mineral is converted to fluoroapatite, which is more resistant to tooth decay. Keith is very dilligent at brushing his teeth, and as a result has 5.00 g of fluroapatite, Ca5(PO4)3F in his teeth. What is the mass of oxygen in this amount of fluoroapatite? [Ca5(PO4)3F = 504.5 g/mol]
- 0.635 g
- 1.11 g
- 1.90 g
- 6.40 g
- 540.45 g
- Calculate the amount of phosphine, PH3, that can be prepared when 10.0 g of calcium phosphide, Ca3P2 reacts with excess water.
Ca3P2(s) + 6H2O(l) --> 3Ca(OH)2(aq) + 2PH3(g)
- Not enough information given.
- 0.110 g
- 1.86 g
- 3.73 g
- 20.0 g
- Scott reacts 10.0 g of hydrogen and 10.0 g of chlorine (in a safety hood, while wearing safety goggles). What is the mass of the hydrochloric acid that is produced?
H2(g) + Cl2(g) --> 2HCl(g)
- 10 g
- 10.3 g
- 20.0 g
- 20.6 g
- 183 g
- A mole of sodium nitrate (NaNO3):
- contains 6.02 x 1023 sodium nitrate units.
- contains 6.02 x 1023 nitrogen atoms.
- weighs 85.0 g.
- contains 5 moles of atoms.
- All of the above are true.
- The first substance to act as a superconductor at a temperature above 77 K has the molecular formula YBa2Cu3O7. Calculate the percent composition by mass of the element Ba in this material.
- 16.8%
- 28.6%
- 41.2%
- 13.3%
- 17.6%
- An unknown compound is made up of C, H, N and O. A 2.402-g sample of this compound contains 1.121 g of N, 0.161 g H, 0.480 g C, and an unspecified amount of oxygen. What is the empirical formula of the unknown compound?
- CH4NO
- CH4N2O
- CH4N2O2
- C2H8NO
- C2H8N4O2
- How many hydrogen atoms are there in 1.0 x 101 g of glucose, C6H12O6?
- 12
- 12 x 1023
- 4.0 x 1023
- 8.0 x 1023
- 0.067
- How many moles of Cr(s) are needed to balance the following equation?
Cr(s) + S8(s) --> Cr2S3(s)
- 2
- 4
- 6
- 8
- 16
- The amount of copper in a certain alloy is determined by reacting the copper with sulfuric acid,
Cu(s) + 2H2SO4(aq) --> CuSO4(aq) + SO2(g) + 2H2O(l)
and then precipitating solid CuI with KI solution,
2CuSO4(aq) + 5KI(aq) --> 2CuI(s) + KI3(aq) + 2K2SO4(aq)
What mass of copper was present if 4.86 g of CuI was recovered?
- 4.86 g
- 3.24 g
- 2.43 g
- 1.62 g
- 0.811 g
- A mixture of 12.2 g of potassium and 22.2 g of bromine, Br2, was heated until the reaction was completed. What mass of KBr is formed?
- 119 grams
- 22.2 grams
- 27.8 grams
- 33.1 grams
- 30.0 grams
- When 12.0 g of hydrogen reacts with 12.0 g of chlorine,
H2(g) + Cl2(g) --> 2HCl(g)
5.53 g of hydrogen chloride are recovered. The percent yield of HCl is:
- 1.27%
- 2.55%
- 45.0%
- 89.9%
- 100%
- After looking at this exam, you take a deep breath and inhale 1.16 x 1022 molecules of air, which is a mixture of several gases. Assume that the molar mass of air is 29.0 g/mol. What is the mass of air that you just inhaled?
- 10.0 grams
- 1.11 grams
- 0.558 grams
- 0.501 grams
- 0.279 grams
- If the average mass of a single oxygen atom is 26.58 x 10-24 g, what is the mass in grams of 6.02 x 1023 oxygen atoms?
- 4.0 g
- 8.0 g
- 16.0 g
- 32.0 g
- 64.0 g
- When the chemical equation describing the complete combustion of benzene, C6H6, with oxygen to form CO2 and water is balanced, one can determine that the number of moles of oxygen consumed per mole of benzene is:
- 15
- 7.5
- 3
- 2
- the equation cannot be balanced for 1 mole C6H6
- Iron(II) sulfate, FeSO4, is prescribed for the treatment of anemia. How many moles of FeSO4 are present in a standard 300 mg tablet?
- 1.57 x 10-5 mol
- 3.57 x 10-4 mol
- 2.97 x 10-3 mol
- 1.97 x 10-3 mol
- 1.97 mol
- A hydrocarbon molecule consists of 90.0% C and 10.0% H by weight. Its molecular weight is 120 amu. How many atoms (carbon and hydrogen together) are there in this molecule?
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
The next four questions refer to vanillin, C8H8O3 (MW = 152.14). The equation representing the complete combustion of vanillin is:
2C8H8O3(l) + 17O2(g) --> 16CO2(g) + 8H2O(g)
- The number of carbon atoms in 1.3 mole of vanillin is:
- 8 atoms.
- 16 atoms.
- 7.8 x 1023 atoms.
- 6.3 x 1024 atoms.
- 1.3 x 1025 atoms.
- The percent by mass of oxygen in vanillin is:
- 63.16%.
- 31.55%.
- 15.79%.
- 5.30%
- none of the above
- The theoretical yield of CO2 from a reaction mixture containing 45.6 g of vanillin and 73.2 g O2 is:
- 63.2 g.
- 94.8 g.
- 1.00 x 102 g.
- 118.6 g
- none of these
- An unknown amount of vanillin was burned in a flask with excess O2. The 67.3 g of CO2 that was recovered is 76.9% of the theoretical yield. The original sample of vanillin had a mass of:
- 22.4 g
- 29.1 g
- 37.8 g
- 152 g
- 304 g
- Combustion analysis of 45.62 mg of toluene, a commonly used hydrocarbon solvent gives 35.67 mg of H2O and 152.5 mg of CO2. What is the empirical formula of toluene?
- C7H8
- C6H6
- C6H8
- C12H16
- C14H16
- What is the percentage of carbon in dimethylsulfoxide, C2H6SO?
- 7.74%
- 20.6%
- 30.7%
- 60.0%
- 79.8%
- A compound of nitrogen and oxygen is analyzed, and a sample wieghing 1.587 g is found to contain 0.483 g N and 1.104 O. What is the empirical formula of the compound?
- NO
- NO2
- N2O2
- N2O4
- N2O5
- If the mass of a sulfur sample containing 1.0 x 1011 atoms is 5.313 picograms, how much does 1 mole of sulfur weigh?
- 64 g
- 32 g
- 16 g
- 8.0 g
- 4.0 g
- An unknown element, X, reacts with chlorine to form an ionic compound XCl2. If the X ion has 18 electrons, the element X is:
- Al
- Ca
- Mg
- Na
- Si
- How many grams of hydrogen are in 46 g of CH4O?
- 0.36
- 1.5
- 2.8
- 4.0
- 5.8
- When the equation:
C57H110O6 + O2 --> H2O + CO2
is balanced using smallest whole numbers, the coefficient of oxygen is:
- 1
- 3
- 84
- 163
- 338
- Heptane (C7H16) combusts with O2 to produce CO2 and H2O. If the theoretical yield of CO2 is 247.8 g, how many grams of heptane are used in this reaction assuming unlimited quantity of O2?
C7H16 + 11O2 --> 8H2O + 7CO2
- 80.62 g
- 100.2 g
- 161.2 g
- 564.3 g
- cannot be determined without knowing the amount of H2O produced since it contains the hydrogen from heptane.
- In an experiment, 7.36 g of zinc and excess sulfur, S8, were mixed and heated. The substances react according to the following unbalanced chemical equation:
Zn + S8 --> ZnS
The amount of zinc sulfide that can be produced by the reaction mixture is:
- 0.110 g
- 1.10 g
- 2.20 g
- 11.0 g
- 22.0 g
The following two questions refer to the reaction:
2C2H2(g) + 5O2(g) --> 4CO2(g) + 2H2O(g)
- If 10.0 g of C2H2 (molecular mass = 26.04 amu) and 10.0 g of O2 (molecular mass = 32.00 amu) reacted, the mass of CO2 that can be produced theoretically is numerically (in g):
- 5.50
- 11.0
- 16.9
- 33.8
- none of these
- If, in fact, 5.50 g of CO2 are actually produced, the percent yield (by weight) is numerically:
- 16.3
- 32.5
- 50.0
- 100.
- none of these
- If 3 moles of HCl are added to 2 moles of NaOH and the following reaction proceeds, what will be in the reaction vessel when the reaction comes to completion (and the reaction is not reversible)?
HCl + NaOH --> H2O + NaCl
- H2O and HCl
- HCl and NaCl
- H2O and NaCl
- H2O, NaCl, and HCl
- H2O, NaCl, NaOH, and HCl
- A substance was determined to be 49.9% oxygen, 37.5% carbon and 12.6% hydrogen by mass. What is the proper empirical formula for this compound?
- C2H3O
- CH4O
- CH2O
- CHO
- CH3CO2H
- In lecture we reacted hydrogen and oxygen to form water. If 1.0 g of H2 was reacted with 10.0 g of O2, what is the amount of H2O (in grams) that could be produced?
2H2(g) + O2(g) --> 2H2O(g)
- 4.0 g
- 8.0 g
- 9.0 g
- 11 g
- 16 g
- Consider the following UNBALANCED combustion reaction:
___ CH4 + ___ O2 --> ___ CO2 + ___ H2O
After balancing the reaction, if 4 mol of CH4 is combusted with 4 mol of oxygen, how many moles of CH4 are left over?
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- What is the stoichiometric coefficient for sulfuric acid in the following reaction?
___ Fe2O3(s) + ___ H2SO4 --> ___ Fe2(SO4)3 + ___ H2O
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- How much ammonia, NH3, can be obtained from the reaction of 10.0 g of H2 and 80.0 g of N2?
N2 + 3H2 --> 2NH3
- 28.4 g
- 48.6 g
- 56.2 g
- 90.0 g
- 97.1 g
- How many sodium atoms are in 6.0 g of Na3N?
- 3.6 x 1024
- 4.6 x 1022
- 1.3 x 1023
- 0.22
- 0.072
- What is the coefficient of H2O when the following reaction is properly balanced with the smallest integers?
___Na + ___H2O --> ___NaOH + ___H2
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- What is the mass percent composition of F in KrF2? (molar mass = 121.80 g)
- 18.3%
- 145.3%
- 68.8%
- 81.5%
- 31.2%
- What is the empirical formula of a compound that contains 15.94% boron and 84.06% fluorine by mass?
- BF
- BF2
- B2F3
- BF3
- B3F4
- A certain compound was found to contain 67.6% C, 22.5% O, and 9.9% H. If the molecular weight of the compound was found to be approximately 142 g/mol, what is the correct molecular formula for the compound?
- C5H2O5
- C6H6O4
- C7H10O3
- C8H14O2
- C8H12O2
- If equal volumes (1.0 L each) of hydrogen and oxygen are mixed and ignited, what is the total volume (products and left over reactants) after reaction, assuming constant temperature and pressure? [Note: all reactants and products are gases]
- 1.0 L
- 1.5 L
- 2.0 L
- 2.5 L
- 3.0 L
- For the following reaction, if 10.0 g of each reactant are available, how many grams of product will be produced? [Note, you will need to balance the reaction before solving.]
_____Ca(s) + _____O2(g) --> _____CaO(s)
- 5.43 g
- 7.94
- 14.0 g
- 20.0 g
- it cannot be determined
- What is the product of this hypothetical reaction?
3A2B3 + B3 --> 6 ???
- AB
- AB2
- AB3
- A2B
- A3B
- How many grams of water are produced in the combustion of 17.3 g of glucose (C6H12O6) to form water and carbon dioxide? [MW: C6H12O6 = 180.1]
- 10.4 g
- 17.3 g
- 18.4 g
- 21.2 g
- 34.6 g
- If 30.0 g C6H6 (molecular weight, 78.11 amu) react with 65.0 g Br2 (molecular weight, 159.80 amu) according to the reaction,
C6H6 + Br2 --> C6H5Br + HBr
56.7 g C6H5Br (molecular weight, 157.0 amu) result. The percent theoretical yield of C6H5Br is numerically:
- 38.4
- 40.7
- 88.7
- 94.0
- None of these are close to the correct answer.
- Commercial bronze, an alloy of Zn and Cu, reacts with hydrochloric acid as follows:
Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq) --> ZnCl2(aq) + H2(g)
Copper does not react with HCl. When 0.507 g of bronze reacts with excess HCl, 0.0985 grams of ZnCl2 is produced. The % by mass of Zn in bronze is closest to:
- 9.34%
- 19.34%
- 30.34%
- 69.66%
- 90.66%
- When 2 moles of KOH are added to 3 moles of HI and the following reaction proceeds, what will be in the final mixture when the reaction comes to completion? (The reaction is not reversible.)
KOH + HI --> KI + H2O
- HI and KI
- KI and H2O
- HI and H2O
- HI, KI and H2O
- KOH, HI, KI and H2O
- The reaction between oxygen and carbon monoxide can be represented by the following equations:
1/2O2(g) + CO(g) --> CO2(g)
O2(g) + 2CO(g) --> 2CO2(g)
Consider an initial reaction mixture as shown in the following diagram:

Assuming that the reaction illustrated above goes to completion, the product mixture can be represented by:

- Magnesium metal burns in oxygen to form magnesium oxide, MgO. The theoretical yield of magnesium oxide from a reaction mixture containing 1.204 x 1024 Mg atoms and 25.0 g oxygen gas is: [AW: Mg = 24.31; O = 16.00]
- 0.391 mol.
- 0.781 mol.
- 1.56 mol.
- 2.00 mol.
- 2.78 mol.
- How many moles of ions are there per mole of Al2(SO4)3?
- 17
- 6
- 5
- 3
- 1
- A fuel mixture of two liquids, hydrazine (N2H4) and dinitrogen tetraoxide (N2O4) ignite to form nitrogen gas and water vapor. How many grams of nitrogen gas form when exactly 100.0 g N2H4 and 200.0 g of N2O4 are mixed? (Assume the reaction goes to completion.)
- 662 g N2
- 331 g N2
- 183 g N2
- 131 g N2
- 31 g N2
- The elemental analysis of a sample of ionic compound gave the following results: 2.82 g Na, 4.35 g Cl, and 7.83 g O. The empirical formula of this compound is:
- Na0.12ClO2
- NaClO2
- NaClO3
- NaClO4
- Na2ClO4
- The chief ore of manganese is an oxide known as pyrolusite, which is 36.8% O and 63.2% Mn by mass. Which of the following oxides of manganese is pyrolusite? [At Wts: O = 16.00 amu; Mn = 54.94 amu]
- MnO
- MnO2
- Mn2O3
- MnO3
- Mn2O7
- Calculate the mass of CO2 produced when 10.0 g of methane (CH4) are burned. [At Wts: C = 12.01 amu; H = 1.008 amu; O = 16.00 amu]
- 17.4 g
- 10.0 g
- 24.7 g
- 27.4 g
- 4.76 g
- How many atoms of oxygen are in 2.00 mole of NaAl(OH)2CO3?
- 4
- 5
- 5.00 x 1023
- 6.02 x 1023
- 6.02 x 1024
- What is the mass of magnesium oxide (MgO) formed when 10.0 g of Mg react with 10.0 g of O2 according to the reaction:
2Mg + O2 --> MgO
- 0.411 g
- 6.58 g
- 25.2 g
- 16.6 g
- 97.2 g
- What is the average atomic mass of an iron atom in grams (atomic mass Fe = 55.85 amu)?
- 6.02 x 1023
- 1.66 x 10-24
- 9.28 x 10-23
- 55.85
- 55.85 x 10-23
- What is the mass percentage of nitrogen in nicotine, C10H14N2 (molar mass = 162.23 g)?
- 8.64%
- 9.46%
- 13.2%
- 17.3%
- 21.7%
- What is the empirical formula of a compound that contains 63.65% N and 36.35% O by mass?
- NO
- NO2
- N2O
- N2O4
- N2O3
- How many moles of H2O are produced when 2.5 moles of O2 react in the following balanced reaction?
C3H8 + 5O2 --> 3CO2 + 4H2O
- 5.0
- 4.0
- 3.0
- 2.5
- 2.0