Friday, April 27, 2012

Warm Air vs. Cool Air

Warm air is less dense than cool air, because warm air raises, while cool air sinks.  Also warm air molecules move faster than cool air molecules.  Humid air weighs less than dry air, because the water vapor is less dense.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Limiting Reagents

To figure out how many Quarter Pounders you can make, first you need to figure out what the formula is.  Then you  have to find out which ingredient is the limiting reagent, because that is what determines the what your final yield will be.

2H2+ O2 → 2H2O   8.5g- hydrogen      40.2g- oxygen

hydrogen is the limiting reagent

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Friday, February 24, 2012

Lab 4 Reflection

1.  I was surprised at the color changes that took place when we mixed two different substances together.

2.  Some observations that showed a chemical reaction had taken place were color change and temperature change.

3.  In the precipitation reactions all of the end products were solids, but when we did the molecular substances we got different results.  With the combination of sulfuric acid and sodium carbonate it resulted in carbon dioxide (a gas) and water (a liquid) being produced.

4.  When salt is poured into water it dissolves, so the sodium and the chlorine separate from each other.
NaCl (crystals) + H2O = Na+ (aq) + Cl- (aq) + H2O (L)

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Assignment 6

The two main topics from class were Coulomb's Law and ionic compounds.
sodium metabisulfite- Chex Mix
salt / NaCl- Cookies
calcium carbonate- Chex Mix
trisodium phosphate- Chex Mix
sodium bicarbonate- Granola Bars

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Assignment 5

We learned about atoms and what makes them up.  In the center every atom has a nucleus, which is where most of the atom's mass is actually located.  The nucleus consists of protons, which have a positive charge, and neutrons, which have no charge.  The rest of the atom is made up electrons, which have a negative charge.  Electrons move freely and are not confined to a certain space.