1. What is a solution?
- Answer: A homogeneous mixture where two or more substances mix uniformly without chemical
bonding.
2. What is a solvent?
- Answer: The component present in the largest volume in a solution, typically water.
3. What is a solute?
- Answer: The substance that is dissolved in the solvent.
4. How do you determine the empirical formula of a compound?
- Answer: Calculate the moles of each element by dividing their percent composition or mass by their
molar mass, then divide these values by the smallest mole value.
, 5. How do you determine the molecular formula of a compound?
- Answer: Find the mass of the empirical formula, then divide the mass of the molecular formula by the
mass of the empirical formula. Finally, multiply the subscripts of the empirical formula by this ratio to
obtain the molecular formula.
6. What is the formula to calculate percent yield?
- Answer: \( \text{Percent yield} = \left( \frac{\text{actual yield}}{\text{theoretical yield}} \right) \times
100 \)
7. What is the formula to calculate percent error?
- Answer: \( \text{Percent error} = \left| \frac{\text{experimental value} - \text{accepted
value}}{\text{accepted value}} \right| \times 100 \)