CHAPTER 1 KEYS TO THE STUDY OF CHEMISTRY END–OF–CHAPTER PROBLEMS 1.1 Plan: If only the form of the particles has changed and not the composition of the particles, a physical change has taken place; if particles of a different composition result, a chemical change has taken place. Solution: a) The result in C represents a chemical change as the substances in A (red spheres) and B (blue spheres) have reacted to become a different substance (particles consisting of one red and one blue sphere) represented in C. There are molecules in C composed of the atoms from A and B. b) The result in D represents a chemical change as again the atoms in A and B have reacted to form molecules of a new substance. c) The change from C to D is a physical change. The substance is the same in both C and D (molecules consisting of one red sphere and one blue sphere) but is in the gas phase in C and in the liquid phase in D. d) The sample has the same chemical properties in both C and D since it is the same substance but has different physical properties. 1.2 Plan: Apply the definitions of the states of matter to a container. Next, apply these definitions to the examples. Gas molecules fill the entire container; the volume of a gas is the volume of the container. Solids and liquids have a definite volume. The volume of the container does not affect the volume of a solid or liquid. Solution: a) The helium fills the volume of the entire balloon. The addition or removal of helium will change the volume of a balloon. Helium is a gas. b) At room temperature, the mercury does not completely fill the thermometer. The surface of the liquid mercury indicates the temperature. c) The soup completely fills the bottom of the bowl, and it has a definite surface. The soup is a liquid, though it is possible that solid particles of food will be present. 1.3 Plan: Apply the definitions of the states of matter to a container. Next, apply these definitions to the examples. Gas molecules fill the entire container; the volume of a gas is the volume of the container. Solids and liquids have a definite volume. The volume of the container does not affect the volume of a solid or liquid. Solution: a) The air fills the volume of the room. Air is a gas. b) The vitamin tablets do not necessarily fill the entire bottle. The volume of the tablets is determined by the number of tablets in the bottle, not by the volume of the bottle. The tablets are solid. c) The sugar has a definite volume determined by the amount of sugar, not by the volume of the container. The sugar is a solid. 1.4 Plan: Define the terms and apply these definitions to the examples. Solution: Physical property – A characteristic shown by a substance itself, without interacting with or changing into other substances. Chemical property – A characteristic of a substance that appears as it interacts with, or transforms into, other substances. a) The change in color (yellow–green and silvery to white), and the change in physical state (gas and metal to crystals) are examples of physical properties. The change in the physical properties indicates that a chemical change occurred. Thus, the interaction between chlorine gas and sodium metal producing sodium chloride is an