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C04a) CHEMISCAL CALCULATIONS

Conservation of mass and balanced symbol equations

Conservation of mass

No atoms are lost or made during a chemical reaction

Mass of the products equals the mass of the reactants.

Relative formula mass (Mr)

Mass changes when a reactant or product is a gas

Moles (HT only)

Amounts of substances in equations (HT only)

Using moles to balance equations (HT only)

Limiting reactants

(HT only)

Balanced symbol equations

Represent chemical reactions and have the same number of atoms of each element on both sides of the equation

H2 + Cl2 🡪 2HCl

Subscript numbers show the number of atoms of the element to its left.

Normal script numbers show the number of molecules.

Subscript Normal script

Mr

The sum of the relative atomic masses of the atoms in the numbers shown in the formula

The sum of the Mr of the reactants in the quantities shown equals the sum of the Mr of the products in the quantities shown.

2Mg + O2 🡪 2MgO

48g + 32g = 80g

80g = 80g

Mass appears to increase during a reaction

One of the reactants is a gas

Magnesium + oxygen 🡪 magnesium oxide

Mass appears to decrease during a reaction

One of the products is a gas and has escaped

Calcium carbonate 🡪 carbon dioxide + calcium oxide

Chemical amounts are measured in moles (mol)

Mass of one mole of a substance in grams = relative formula mass

One mole of H2O = 18g (1 + 1 + 16)

One mole of Mg = 24g

Avogadro constant

One mole of any substance will contain the same number of particles, atoms, molecules or ions.

6.02 x 1023 per mole

One mole of H2O will contain 6.02 x 1023 molecules

One mole of NaCl will contain 6.02 x 1023 Na+ ions

Number of moles = mass (g) or mass (g)

Ar Mr

How many moles of sulfuric acid molecules are there in 4.7g of sulfuric acid (H2SO4)?

Give your answer to 1 significant figure.

4.7 = 0.05 mol

98 (Mr of H2SO4)

The reactant that is completely used up

Limits the amount of product that is made

Less moles of product are made.

Concentration of solutions

The balancing numbers in a symbol equation can be calculated from the masses of reactants and products

Convert the masses in grams to amounts in moles and convert the number of moles to simple whole number ratios.

Chemical equations show the number of moles reacting and the number of moles made

Mg + 2HCl 🡪 MgCl2 + H2

One mole of magnesium reacts with two moles of hydrochloric acid to make one mole of magnesium chloride and one mole of hydrogen

If you have a 60g of Mg, what mass of HCl do you need to convert it to MgCl2?

Ar : Mg =24 so mass of 1 mole of Mg = 24g

Mr : HCl (1 + 35.5) so mass of 1 mole of HCl = 36.5g

So 60g of Mg is 60/24 = 2.5 moles

Balanced symbol equation tells us that for every one mole of Mg, you need two moles of HCl to react with it.

So you need 2.5x2 = 5 moles of HCl

You will need 5 x 36.5g of HCl= 182.5g

Measured in mass per given volume of solution (g/dm3)

Conc. = mass (g) .

volume (dm3)

HT only

Greater mass = higher concentration.

Greater volume = lower concentration.

Chemical measurements

Whenever a measurement is taken, there is always some uncertainty about the result obtained

Can determine whether the mean value falls within the range of uncertainty of the result

  1. Calculate the mean
  2. Calculate the range of the results
  3. Estimate of uncertainty in mean would be half the range

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C04b) CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS

Yield is the amount of product obtained

It is not always possible to obtain the calculated amount of a product

The reaction may not go to completion because it is reversible.

Some of the product may be lost when it is separated from the reaction mixture.

Some of the reactants may react in ways different to the expected reaction.

Percentage yield

Atom economy

Using concentrations of solutions in mol/dm3

(HT only, chemistry only)

Use of amount of substance in relation to volumes of gases

(HT only, chemistry only)

Percentage yield is comparing the amount of product obtained as a percentage of the maximum theoretical amount

% Yield = Mass of product made x 100

Max. theoretical mass

A piece of sodium metal is heated in chlorine gas. A maximum theoretical mass of 10g for sodium chloride was calculated, but the actual yield was only 8g.

Calculate the percentage yield.

Percentage yield = 8/10 x 100 =80%

HT only:

200g of calcium carbonate is heated. It decomposes to make calcium oxide and carbon dioxide. Calculate the theoretical mass of calcium oxide made.

CaCO3 🡪 CaO + CO2

Mr of CaCO3 = 40 + 12 + (16x3) = 100

Mr of CaO = 40 + 16 = 56

100g of CaCO3 would make 56 g of CaO

So 200g would make 112g

A measure of the amount of starting materials that end up as useful products

Atom economy = Relative formula mass of desired product from equation x 100

Sum of relative formula mass of all reactants from equation

High atom economy is important or sustainable development and economic reasons

Calculate the atom economy for making hydrogen by reacting zinc with hydrochloric acid:

Zn + 2HCl → ZnCl2 + H2

Mr of H2  = 1 + 1 = 2

Mr of Zn + 2HCl = 65 + 1 + 1 + 35.5 + 35.5 = 138

Atom economy = 2∕138  × 100

= 2∕138 × 100 = 1.45%

This method is unlikely to be chosen as it has a low atom economy.

Concentration of a solution is the amount of solute per volume of solution

Concentration  = amount (mol)

(mol/dm3) volume (dm3)

What is the concentration of a solution that has 35.0g of solute in 0.5dm3 of solution?

35/0.5 = 70 g/dm3

Titration

If the volumes of two solutions that react completely are known and the concentrations of one solution is known, the concentration of the other solution can be calculated.

2NaOH(aq) + H2SO4(aq)→ Na2S04(aq) + 2H2O(l)

It takes 12.20cm3 of sulfuric acid to neutralise 24.00cm3 of sodium hydroxide solution, which has a concentration of 0.50mol/dm3.

Calculate the concentration of the sulfuric acid in mol/dm3:

0.5 mol/dm3 x (24/1000) dm3 = 0.012 mol of NaOH

The equation shows that 2 mol of NaOH reacts with 1 mol of H2SO4, so the number of moles in 12.20cm3 of sulfuric acid is (0.012/2) = 0.006 mol of sulfuric acid

Calculate the concentration of sulfuric acid in mol/ dm3

0.006 mol x (1000/12.2) dm3 =0.49mol/dm3

Calculate the concentration of sulfuric acid in g/ dm3:

H2SO4 = (2x1) + 32 + (4x16) = 98g

0.49 x 98g = 48.2g/dm3

Equal amounts of moles or gases occupy the same volume under the same conditions of temperature and pressure

The volume of one mole of any gas at room temperature and pressure (20°C and 1 atmospheric pressure) is 24 dm3

No. of moles of gas = vol of gas (dm3)

24dm3

What is the volume of 11.6 g of

butane (C4H10) gas at RTP?

Mr : (4 x 12) + (10 x 1) = 58

11.6/58 = 0.20 mol

Volume = 0.20 x 24 = 4.8 dm3

6g of a hydrocarbon gas had a volume of 4.8 dm3. Calculate its molecular mass.

1 mole = 24 dm3, so 4.8/24 = 0.2 mol

Mr = 6 / 0.2 = 30

If 6g = 0.2 mol, 1 mol equals 30 g