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Title: Chemistry Notes
Description: 10+ pages of chemistry notes. Everything there is to know about chemistry
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Science
● Physical and chemical changes
Physical Changes
- No new chemicals are formed
- Chemical makeup is the same but the appearance looks different
- Change in size, shape or state
- Easily reversed e
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Water can be frozen into ice, it can also be turned back into a liquid
- Affects the state of a substance but not its chemical composition
- Reversible
Chemical Changes
- Chemical change – produces a new substance, generally not reversible since chemical bonds
are formed or broken
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g
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- Results in the formation of at least one new substance
Signs of chemical change:
- Size
- Changes in smell
- Heat released
- Change in colour
- Change of state (can’t be reversed)
- Cloudy substance
- Noise
- Precipitation
● Exothermic/endothermic reactions and combustion/corrosion reactions
Exothermic Reaction - chemical reaction that releases energy by light or heat
Endothermic Reaction - any chemical reaction that absorbs heat from the environment
- Combustion = a high temperature chemical reaction in which fuel (e
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methane) reacts with
oxidant and produces heat and light
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g
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These occur because the reactant carbon has not been chemically combined with
oxygen
- Complete combustion:
o Occurs when there is a constant and adequate supply of oxygen and sufficient
temperature
o Limited number of products are released
o Release carbon dioxide, water and energy
Corrosion (rusting of a refined metal)
o Deterioration of a metal as a result of the chemical reactions between it and the
surrounding environment
o E
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Iron reacts with water and oxygen to form a new chemical on the surface of the
metal called iron oxide
Word equations:
Complete = hydrocarbon + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water
CH4 + O2 → CO2 + H2O
Incomplete = hydrocarbon + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water + carbon monoxide + carbon (soot)
CH4 + O2 → CO2 + H2O + CO + C
Corrosion = iron + oxygen → iron oxide (rust)
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Conservation of Mass
Law of conservation of mass states that mass can neither be created nor destroyed in a
chemical reaction
But can change from one form to another
Matter is therefore neither created nor destroyed, just transformed into different forms
Recall to prac same grams before and after the chemical reaction
MASS DOESN'T CHANGE DURING A CHEMICAL REACTION
Atom Structure
All matter is made of atoms
In a chemical reaction there is no loss or gain of atoms
Basis of everything in the universe
Made up of a nucleus and electron shells
Protons and neutrons are in the nucleus
Electrons surround the nucleus
Charges:
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Proton = Positive (+)
Neutrons = Neutral
Electrons = Negative (-)
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Number of protons in an atom is called the atomic number
E
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Oxygen has an atomic number of 8 (and is the 8th on the periodic table) because it
has 8 protons
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” Atoms
are like plum
puddings, with
positive protons
and negative
electrons
embedded in a
sphere
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Neutrons have no
electrical charge
and the same
mass as protons
Organisation of the periodic table (group and period number and the electron con
guration) 1st 20 elements
Period number is related to the ROW of the periodic table and number of electron shells
Group number is related to the number of electrons in the outermost shell
P = R (period = row, going across)
G = C (group = column, going down)
RULE:
● First shell maximum of two electrons
● Second shell maximum of 8 electrons
● Third shell maximum of 8 electrons for the first 20 elements
EXAMPLE:
Neutralisation reactions: Acid + Base => salt + water and Acid + Metal Oxide =>
salt + water
Acid base reaction:
Acid + base → salt + water
Acid + metallic oxide → salt + water
Acid + carbonate → salt + water + carbon dioxide gas
Acid + bicarbonate → salt + water + carbon dioxide gas
- Neutralisation is a reaction in which an acid and a base cancel each other out to form a
salt and water
- To neutralise an acid you add a base, and to neutralise a base you add an acid
- Acid + base → salt + water
- In the process of neutralisation, a chemical change may occur
- Acids and bases cancel eachother out to form salt and water
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Acid
Group of Salts Produced by this Acid
Sulfuric
Sulfates
Hydrochloric
Chlorides
Nitric
Nitrates
Hydrofluoric
Fluorides
Carbonic
Carbonates
Phosphoric
Phosphates
● Products from chemical reactions: metal + acid, acid + base, acid + carbonate
Metal + acid:
Metal oxide + acid → salt + water
Copper oxide + hydrochloric acid → copper chloride + water (metallic oxide)
- Remember: salt + water + carbon dioxide
Acid + bicarbonate:
Tin bicarbonate + nitric acid → tin nitrate + water + carbon dioxide
Decomposition reaction:
A single compound breaks down into 2 or more elements
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2H20 → H2 + 02
Paddle pop stick prac:
Hydrogen test
Oxygen test
Lit splint → makes a popping sound
Lit splint → reignites the fire - stronger
● Precipitation reactions, solubility
Solubility - level by which two or more solutions dissolve completely when being mixed
Precipitation reactions - occur when positive and negative ion in aqueous solution (solvent =
water) combine to form an insoluble ionic solid called a precipitate
Precipitation → reacts to form an insoluble solid called a precipitate
E
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Copper sulfate + magnesium chloride (SWAP THE LAST NAMES)
Copper CHLORIDE + magnesium SULFATE
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Alkali
Acid
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Acids and bases (common properties of each) and pH scale and indicators
Alkalis is a base that is soluble in water (can dissolve)
Strong Alkali can cause chemical burns
Alkali feels slippery or like soap when you touch it
Acids can react with a base
Acids have a sour taste
Acids contain hydrogen and an oxide
PROPERTIES:
ACIDS:
BASES:
PH
Less than 7
Greater than 7
TASTE
Sour
Bitter
IN SOLUTION
DISSOCIATES INTO
H+ ions
OH- ions
COLOUR ON LITMUS
PAPER
Red
Blue
COMMON EXAMPLES
Acetic acid - vinegar
Carbonic acid - soda
Hydrochloric acid - stomach
acid
Sodium bicarbonate - baking
soda
Sodium hypochlorite - bleach
Aluminium hydroxide deodorant
H (hydrogen) ions = acidic
OH (hydroxide) ions = basic
Indicators:
- Phendophthalein
- Universal Indicator
- Methyl Orange
- Blue Litmus Paper
- Red Litmus Paper
PH Indicator:
- Ph is a measure of how many H (hydrogens) and OH (hydroxide) ions there are in a
solution
- If there are lots of H ions the substances is acidic and if there are lots of OH ions the
solution is basic
- So, water being neutral has equal hydrogen and hydroxide ions
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Word equations - reactants and products
Chemists use a certain set of conventions (or rules) to write chemical equations
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An arrow is drawn from the reactants to the products
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● Factors affecting rates of reactions
Surface Area:
- The larger the surface area, the faster the rate of reaction (increasing surface area of
solid reactant)
- If a substance is cut into smaller pieces or in a powder, more particles are exposed to
the other reactant
Temperature:
- The higher the temperature the faster the rate of reaction
- Increasing the temperature increases reaction rates because of the increase in the
number of high energy collisions
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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Size range: Dwarf stars, supergiants
Galaxies
Large clusters or groups of stars
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Nebulae
Cloud of dust parties and glow in sky against stars
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Asteroids
Rocky bodies with irregular shapes with craters and boulders
● Gravity
Mass is the amount of matter an object contains
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Gravity is a force that attracts objects to one another
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Mass has a gravitational field, the force of gravity is not the
same on every object
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7 billion-years-old (because of
Hubble's data)
Revealed thousands of galaxies (takes photos)
Responsible for discovering four of the five moons that are currently known to orbit the
dwarf planet Pluto
Rover
- Mars Rovers has played a vital role in our understanding the world beyond our borders
- The two rovers are called Spirit and Opportunity
- Gives us a better idea of what to expect on Mars
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The satellite can
then send them back down to different spots on Earth
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Astronomers use exponential notation/ astronomical unit (AU) to describe a planet's
distance from the sun
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Planets farther away would have AU greater than 1,
planets closer less than 1
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Big Bang Theory
Started off from an infinitely small, hot area of infinite pressure and density
Not an explosion, more like a balloon going from a small size to growing
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- Longer wavelengths of visible light are red (red shift)
- Shorter wavelengths of visible light are blue
- The colour of light can show the speed and direction of stars and galaxies
Evidence #2: Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB)
- This is the faint background radiation that astronomers detect with sensitive radio
telescopes
- Universe was initially foggy - from hot hydrogen plasma
- As the universe expanded, it cooled, stable atoms formed and the fog cleared
- The CMB is the left over from that initial fog - the after glow
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Infectious and noninfectious diseases
Infectious disease caused by microorganisms that invade tissue, can be things like,
common cold, flu, strep throat, stomach flu etc
Noninfectious: a disease that is not contagious
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Instead, they are likely to have causes such as lifestyle factors,
environmental toxins, or gene mutations
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Causes of disease and pathogen types
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Pathogen
Viruses
Examples
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Image of Pathogen
HIV
Flu
Cold
Symptoms
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Bacteria
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Blue- Green
bacteria
Thermus
Chloroflexi
Blue-green
Bacteria
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Treatment
Abdominal
cramps and
pain
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Occasional
muscle aches
or headache
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For most viral infections,
treatments can only help
with symptoms while you
wait for your immune
system to fight off the
virus
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There are antiviral
medicines to treat some
viral infections
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nausea and
vomiting
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abdominal
pains and
cramps
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fever
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Most Bacterial diseases
can be treated with
antibiotics, although
antibiotic-resistant strains
are starting to emerge
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Protozoa
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Rhizopoda
Sarcodina
Mycetozoa
Mycetozoa
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Fungi
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Eumycota
Microsporidia
Ascomycota
Prions
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease (CJD)
Gerstmann-Sträussl
er-Scheinker
disease (GSS)
Fatal Familial
Insomnia (FFI)
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Ascomycota
Symptoms depend on
the area affected, but
can include skin rash
or vaginal infection
resulting in abnormal
discharge
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Diarrhea
usually lasts
1-2 weeks,
whereas
abdominal pain
can persist for
1-2 months
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Difficulty
walking and
changes in
gait
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Muscle
stiffness
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Fatigue
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Nausea
Vomiting
Diaherra
Protozoan infections are
parasitic diseases caused
by organisms formerly
classified in the Kingdom
Protozoa
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Examples
include Entamoeba
histolytica, Plasmodium
(some of which cause
malaria), and Giardia
lamblia
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Antibodies against PrP
could be one potential
treatment for prion
diseases
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Antibodies are no
exception
Title: Chemistry Notes
Description: 10+ pages of chemistry notes. Everything there is to know about chemistry
Description: 10+ pages of chemistry notes. Everything there is to know about chemistry