CHEM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chemical Change, Significant Figures, Intensive And Extensive Properties

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Chapter 1
Physical & Chemical Change/Properties
- Physical and chemical changes are a manifestation of physical and chemical properties
o Physical property
Substance displays without changing its composition
Example: Smell of gasoline
Does not change composition when it exhibits an odour
o Chemical Property
Substance displays only by changing its composition by chemical change
Combustion of gasoline is a chemical Property
Gasoline changes composition when it burns
o Physical and Chemical change are accompanied by Energy changes
Example: When you burn natural gas on the stove (a chemical change),
energy is released, heating the food you are cooking
- Chemistry
o Science that seeks to understand the properties and behaviour of matter by
studying its properties
Energy: A fundamental Part of Physical and Chemical Change
- Total Energy
o Sum of its kinetic energy & its motion
- Potential Energy
o Energy associated with the position composition
- Thermal Energy
o Energy associated with the temperature of an object
- Example:
o If you drop the object, it accelerates, and the potential energy is converted to
kinetic energy. When the object hits the ground, its kinetic energy is converted
primarily to thermal energy
- Laws of Conservation of Energy
o Energy is neither created nor destroyed
The potential energy of the object is kinetic energy as it accelerates
towards the ground
It becomes thermal energy when it hits the ground
- Tenedency of systems with high potential energy to change in a way that lowers their
potential energy
o Objects lifted meters from the ground become unstable because they have
localized potential energy
o Unless restrained, the object will fall, lowering its potential energy.
o After the object contains less energy, it becomes more stables
o Chemical potential energy, such as that contained in the molecules that compose
gasoline, arises primarily from electrostatic forces between the electrically
charged particles
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Chemistry: science that seeks to understand the properties and behaviour of matter by studying its properties. Energy: a fundamental part of physical and chemical change. Total energy: sum of its kinetic energy & its motion. Potential energy: energy associated with the position composition. Thermal energy: energy associated with the temperature of an object. Example: if you drop the object, it accelerates, and the potential energy is converted to kinetic energy. When the object hits the ground, its kinetic energy is converted primarily to thermal energy. Laws of conservation of energy: energy is neither created nor destroyed, the potential energy of the object is kinetic energy as it accelerates towards the ground. It becomes thermal energy when it hits the ground. Examples: how to convert measurement: if dna from a single cell were stretched out, it would have a length of about 2 m and a diameter of about 2. 4 nm.

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