Chapter 2: Critical Thinking (page 44)
Q.4. In this chapter, you have learned a systematic way to name chemical compounds. What if all compounds had only common names? What problems would this cause?
Answer
If all compounds had only common names, it would be very unsystematic to study.
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Q.12. Which (if any) of the following can be determined by knowing the number of protons in a neutral element? Explain your answer.
a. the number of neutrons in the neutral element
b. the number of electrons in the neutral element
C. the name of the element
What is the symbol for an ion with 63 protons, 60 electrons, and 88 neutrons? If an ion contains50 protons, 68 neutrons, and 48 electrons, what is its symbol?
Q.22 The three most stable oxides of carbon are carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2 ), and carbon suboxide ( C3O2). The molecules can be represented as:
Explain how thesemolecules illustrate the law of multiple proportions.
For each of the following atomic numbers, use the periodic table to write the formula (includingthe charge) for the simple ion that the element is most likely to form in ionic compounds.
a. 13
b. 34
c. 56
d. 7
e. 87
f. 35
A sample of chloroform is found to contain 12.0 g of carbon, 106.4 g of chlorine, and 1.01 g of hydrogen. If a second sample of chloroform is found to contain 30.0 g of carbon, what is the total mass of chloroform in the second sample?
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