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Study Problems Exp#1 Summer 2015

This document contains study problems from the General Chemistry Laboratory course at Columbia University for the Summer 2015 session. It includes 11 multiple choice or short answer questions covering topics like significant figures, density, volume, precipitation reactions, and assignments from specific experiments in the course laboratory manual. Students are advised to discuss the solutions to these study problems during teaching assistant office hours or on the class discussion board.

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Study Problems Exp#1 Summer 2015

This document contains study problems from the General Chemistry Laboratory course at Columbia University for the Summer 2015 session. It includes 11 multiple choice or short answer questions covering topics like significant figures, density, volume, precipitation reactions, and assignments from specific experiments in the course laboratory manual. Students are advised to discuss the solutions to these study problems during teaching assistant office hours or on the class discussion board.

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Columbia University

Summer Six-week 2015

Department of Chemistry
S1500 General Chemistry Laboratory

STUDY PROBLEMS Experiment #1


These questions will not be graded; they are similar to possible quiz questions. The
solutions to these and all other study problems can be discussed at TA office hours and
the class discussion board.

1. Random errors are unavoidable. How can you minimize their effect on your
overall results?
2. Where should the following waste be placed after finishing Experiment #1?
a. Gloves
b. Water waste
c. Used ethanol
d. Paper towels

e. A broken beaker
f. Rinsed test tubes
g. Test tubes with residue

3. Two electronic balances are tested using a standard weight. The true mass of
the standard is 2.5000 g. The results of 5 individual measurements on each
balance are recorded below.

Average mass

Balance A
2.4999 g
2.5003 g
2.5000 g
2.4998 g
2.5002 g
2.5000 g

Balance B
2.7022 g
2.5113 g
2.4940 g
2.2781 g
2.5145 g
2.5000 g

Describe the precision and accuracy of each set of data.


4.

A student isolated the following components from a sample whose total


weight is 1.132 0.002 g
0.443 0.002 g NaCl
0.499 0.002 g Sand
a. Calculate the total amount of components isolated, including error.
b. What is the percentage of each component in the mixture, including error?
c. What is the total percent of recovered solid from this separation?

5. The marathon covers a distance of 26.0 miles, 285 yards. Express this
distance is kilometers. (1 inch = 2.54 cm)

Columbia University
Summer Six-week 2015

Department of Chemistry
S1500 General Chemistry Laboratory

6. Which has a greater density, mercury ( 13.6


Justify your answer. (1 mL = 1 cm3)

g
mg
) or platinum ( 2.25x10 2
)?
3
cm
nL

7.

Which is a larger volume, 50. mL or 500. L? How many milliliters are


present in 500. L?

8.

True or False: Zeros recorded in a measurement are always significant?


(Give examples of numbers with significant zeros and numbers with nonsignificant zeros.)

9.

The density of lead metal is 11.35

g
. If 16.44 g of lead is added to a 10
cm 3
mL graduated cylinder that contains 4.2 mL of water, what will be the final
volume reading of the water?

10. A 25.0 0.1 mL volume of liquid was dispensed from a pipet. The mass of
the liquid was determined to be 21.6 0.1 g. What is the density of the liquid
with error?
11. A mixture of lead nitrate and ammonium acetate produces no observable
results; however, the mixture of lead nitrate and ammonium sulfate produces
a white precipitate. What is the precipitate?
In Beran lab manual:
Prelaboratory Assignment from Experiment #1: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Prelaboratory Assignment from Experiment #2: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Prelaboratory Assignment from Experiment #28: 3
Laboratory Questions from Experiment #1: 4, 5, 6
Laboratory Questions from Experiment #2: all
Laboratory Questions from Experiment #28: 1

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