chem test #1
Pure substances and Mixtures
- Pure substances can be: elements or compounds
- What is an atom?: can’t be broken down further
- What is a substance that can be broken down into elements: Compound
- What is made up of two or more pure substances: Mixture
- How can a mixture be separated into a pure substance: Physical process
The study of matter
- What is chemistry the study of? Matter
- material of the universe, anything that takes up space and has mass: matter
- matter around us can be made up of: atoms and compounds
Physical Properties
- Properties that can be measured or observed without changing the chemical structure of a sample: physical properties
- physical properties that do not change with the amount of matter in a sample: intensive properties
- materials ability to be stretched into a wire: ductility
- the ability of a substance to flow easily: fluidity
- examples of intensive properties: brittleness, melting, boiling, conductivity, color
- physical properties that change the amount of matter: extensive properties
examples of extensive properties: mass, volume
Chemical properties
- properties that can be observed or measured right after and reaction: chemical properties
- ability to damage living tissue: toxicity
- ability to burn: flammability
amount of energy released when burned: the heat of combustion
Physical Changes and Chemical Changes
changes that take place to the form of a substance but do not change the composition: Physical change
reactions that change the composition of a sample: chemical changes
naturally a gas at room temp: gases
normally solid or liquid at room temp: vapor
what contains only an element or a compound: pure substance
a blend of two or more substances: mixture
looks the same throughout: homogenous
see different types of particles: heterogeneous
Ways to separate mixtures
a technique of separation by filtering a liquid and solid: filtration
a way of separating two different liquids based on boiling point: distillation
a way to separate pigments in a solvent: chromatography
Properties of the States of Matter
A definite shape, definite volume, expansion on heating, no compressibility: solid
indefinite shape, definite volume, no expansion on heating, compressibility:liquid
indefinite shape, indefinite volume, expansion on heating, compressibility
matter can’t be created or destroyed: the law of conservation of mass
periodic table
horizontal/row: period
vertical/column: group/family
on the right side of the periodic table: metal
on the left side of the periodic table: nonmetal
the diagonal line on the periodic table: metalloid