Material Science and Chemistry Tutorial Class
Material Science and Chemistry
Chemistry Strand
Week One Tutorial
1) The scenes below represent atomic-scale views of three samples of matter:
Describe each sample as an element, compound, or mixture (2 Marks)
2) Does each of the following scenes best represent an element, a compound, or a mixture (1.5
Marks)?
3) Describe the following representation of a reaction in terms of elements, compounds, and
mixtures (1.5 Marks).
Material Science and Chemistry Tutorial Class
Calculating the Mass of an element in a compound
Sample Problem
4) How many metric tons (t) of oxygen are in a sample of pitchblende that contains 2.3 t of uranium?
(Hint: Remember that oxygen is the only other element present (2 Marks)
5) Silver bromide is the light-sensitive compound coated onto black-and-white film. A 26.8-g sample
contains 15.4 g of silver, with bromine the only other element. How many grams of each element are on
a roll of fi lm that contains 3.57 g of silver bromide? (2 Marks)
Mass Laws
6) The following scenes represent a chemical change. Which of the mass laws is (are) illustrated? Please
explain your answer (2 Marks).
Material Science and Chemistry Tutorial Class
Atomic Structure
7) Titanium, the ninth most abundant element, is used structurally in many objects, such as electric
turbines, aircraft bodies, and bicycle frames. It has five naturally occurring isotopes: 46Ti, 47Ti, 48Ti,
49Ti, and 50Ti. How many protons, electrons, and neutrons are in an atom of each isotope? (2 Marks)
8) How many protons, electrons, and neutrons are in an atom of each of the following, and which
elements are represented by Q, R, and X? (2 Marks)
11
a) 5Q
41
b) 20 R
131
c) 53X