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Engineering Programs
Engineering Chemistry
Fall 2023
Course objectives
Textbooks
• Brown, LeMay, Bursten, Langford, Sadatys, and Duffy, “Chemistry The
Central Science”, Pearson Education.
Grading Policy
Mid-term (1) 20
Mid-term (2) 15
Lab 15
Quizzes 10
Final Exam 40
Total 100
1 CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND REACTION STOICHIOMETRY
Lecture 1
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Lecture content
1. Stoichiometry
2. Chemical equations
Reactants Products
▪ + sign means react with
▪ → arrow means produces
▪ The numbers in front of the formulas, called coefficients, they indicate the
relative numbers of molecules of each kind involved in the reaction.
▪ The number one (1) is usually not written
▪ Because atoms are neither created nor destroyed in any reaction, a balanced
chemical equation must have an equal number of atoms of each element on
each side of the arrow.
5 ▪ What is the difference between coefficient and subscript?
▪ Consider the reaction that occurs between oxygen (𝑶𝟐 ) and nitrogen oxide (𝑵𝑶)
▪ 𝐎𝟐 + 𝐍𝐎 → 𝑵𝑶𝟐 (unbalanced)
▪ O present in 3 formulas
▪ N present in 2 formulas
1. 𝐎𝟐 + 𝐍𝐎 → 𝐍𝐎𝟐 , N is balanced, but the whole equation is unbalanced
2. 𝐎𝟐 + 𝟐𝐍𝐎 → 𝟐𝐍𝐎𝟐 the equation is balanced
1. H2 + O2 → H2O
9 Balance the
2. H2 + N2 → NH3
following
3. Al2O3 → Al + O2
reactions
4. KClO3 → KCl + O2
5. S8 + O2 → SO2
8. P4 + O2 → P2O5
9. Ag + S8 → Ag2S
▪ Symbol State
(g) gas
(l) liquid
(s) solid
A. Combination Reactions
▪ In combination reactions, two or more substances react to form
one product.
❑ Examples:
▪ 𝐂𝐚𝐎 𝐬 + 𝐇𝟐 𝐎(𝐥) → 𝐂𝐚(𝐎𝐇)𝟐 (𝐬)
▪ 𝐍𝟐 𝐠 + 𝟑𝐇𝟐 (𝐠) → 𝟐𝐍𝐇𝟑 𝐠
▪ 𝐂𝟑 𝐇𝟔 𝐠 + 𝐁𝐫𝟐 (𝐥) → 𝐂𝟑 𝐇𝟔 𝐁𝐫𝟐 (𝐥)
▪ 𝐂 𝐬 + 𝐎𝟐 (𝐠) → 𝐂𝐎𝟐 (𝐠)
▪ 𝟐𝐌𝐠 𝐬 + 𝐎𝟐 (𝐠) → 𝟐𝐌𝐠𝐎(𝐬)
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B. Decomposition Reactions
14 ▪ In a decomposition reaction, one substance breaks down into
two or more substances.
❑ Examples:
▪ 𝐂𝐚𝐂𝐎𝟑 𝐬 → 𝐂𝐚𝐎 𝐬 + 𝐂𝐎𝟐 (𝐠)
▪ 𝟐𝐊𝐂𝐥𝐎𝟑 𝐬 → 𝟐𝐊𝐂𝐥 𝐬 + 𝐎𝟐 𝐠
▪ 𝟐𝐍𝐚𝐍𝟑 𝐬 → 𝟐𝐍𝐚 𝐬 + 𝟑𝐍𝟐 (𝐠)
C. Combustion Reactions
▪ Combustion reactions are generally
rapid reactions that produce a flame.
▪ Combustion reactions most often involve
oxygen in the air as a reactant.
❑ Examples:
▪ 𝐂𝐇𝟒(𝐠) + 𝟐 𝐎𝟐 (𝐠) → 𝐂𝐎𝟐(𝐠) + 𝟐 𝐇𝟐 𝐎(𝐠)
▪ 𝐂𝟑𝐇𝟖(𝐠) + 𝟓 𝐎𝟐 (𝐠) → 𝟑 𝐂𝐎𝟐 (𝐠) + 𝟒 𝐇𝟐 𝐎(𝐠)
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4. Formulas mass/mole conversion
16 a. Formula Weight (FW)
▪ A formula weight is the sum of the atomic weights for the atoms in an
empirical chemical formula.
▪ This is the quantitative significance of a formula.
▪ The formula weight of calcium chloride, CaCl2, would be
𝐂𝐚: 𝟏(𝟒𝟎. 𝟎𝟖 𝐚𝐦𝐮)
+ 𝐂𝐥: 𝟐(𝟑𝟓. 𝟒𝟓𝟑 𝐚𝐦𝐮)
𝟏𝟏𝟎. 𝟗𝟗 𝐚𝐦𝐮
▪ Atomic mass unit ( 𝒂𝒎𝒖 ), it is a unit for expressing masses of atoms,
molecules, or subatomic particles.
𝟏
▪ 𝟏𝒂𝒎𝒖 = of the mass of a carbon-12 atom (the nucleus of the C-12atom
𝟏𝟐
includes 6 protons and 6 neutrons).
▪ 1amu = 1.67377 × 10 −24 gram
▪ 𝟏𝟐 𝒂𝒎𝒖 = 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒏 − 𝟏𝟐 𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒎
b. Molecular Weight (MW)
17 ▪ A molecular weight is the sum of the atomic weights of the atoms in a
molecular chemical formula.
▪ For the molecule ethane, 𝐂𝟐𝐇𝟔, the molecular weight would be
𝐂: 𝟐(𝟏𝟐. 𝟎𝟏𝟏 𝐚𝐦𝐮)
+𝐇 𝟔 (𝟏. 𝟎𝟎𝟕𝟗𝟒 𝐚𝐦𝐮)
𝟑𝟎. 𝟎𝟕𝟎 𝐚𝐦𝐮
c. Percent Composition
▪ It is the percentage by mass contributed by each element in the substance.
𝟓.𝟑𝟖𝟎
𝒎 = 𝟓. 𝟑𝟖𝟎, 𝒏= = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟐𝟗𝟖 𝒎𝒐𝒍
𝟏𝟖𝟎
𝒎 𝟓𝟎𝟖
𝒏= = = 𝟔. 𝟎𝟓 𝒎𝒐𝒍
𝑴 (𝟐𝟑 + 𝟏 + 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟑 ∗ 𝟏𝟔)