Stoichiometry chemical formulas

The general topic of this chapter is stoichiometry (stoy-key-OM-e-tree), the study of mass relations in chemistry. Whether dealing with atomic masses (Section 3.1), molar masses (Section 3.2), chemical formulas (Section 3.3), or chemical reactions (Section 3.4), you will be answering some very practical questions that ask how much or how many—." For example—... 

Complex ions, also called coordination complexes, have well-defined stoichiometries and structural arrangements. Usually, the formula of a coordination complex is enclosed in brackets to show that the metal and all its ligands form a single structural entity. When an ionic coordination complex is isolated from aqueous solution, the product is composed of the complex ion and enough counter-ions to give a neutral salt. In the chemical formula, the counter-ions are shown outside the brackets. Examples include the sulfate salt of [Ni (NH3)g, ... 

The very basis of the kinetic model is the reaction network, i.e. the stoichiometry of the system. Identification of the reaction network for complex systems may require extensive laboratory investigation. Although complex stoichiometric models, describing elementary steps in detail, are the most appropriate for kinetic modelling, the development of such models is time-consuming and may prove uneconomical. Moreover, in fine chemicals manufacture, very often some components cannot be analysed or not with sufficient accuracy. In most cases, only data for key reactants, major products and some by-products are available. Some components of the reaction mixture must be lumped into pseudocomponents, sometimes with an ill-defined chemical formula. Obviously, methods are needed that allow the development of simple... 

Depending on the fabrication techniques and deposition parameters, the pH sensitive slope of IrOx electrodes varies from near-Nemstian (about 59 mV/pH) to super-Nemstian (about 70mV/pH or higher). Since the compounds in the oxide layers are possibly mixed in stoichiometry and oxidation states, most reported iridium oxide reactions use x, y in the chemical formulas, such as lr203 xH20 and IrOx(OH)y. Such mixed oxidation states in IrOx compounds may induce more H+ ion transfer per electron, which has been attributed to causing super-Nerstian pH responses [41],... 

Widespread medicinal use of colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS) has prompted extensive studies of bismuth compounds involving the citrate anion. Bismuth citrate is essentially insoluble in water, but a dramatic increase in solubility with increasing pH has been exploited as a bio-ready source of soluble bismuth, a material referred to as CBS. Formulation of these solutions is complicated by the variability of the bismuth anion stoichiometry, the presence of potassium and/ or ammonium cations, the susceptibility of bismuth to oxygenation to Bi=0, and the incorporation of water in isolated solids. Consequently, a variety of formulas are classified in the literature as CBS. Solids isolated from various, often ill-defined combinations of bismuth citrate, citric acid, potassium hydroxide, or ammonium hydroxide have been assigned formulas on the basis of elemental analysis data or by determination of water and ammonia content, but are of low significance in the absence of complementary data other than thermal analysis (163), infrared spectroscopy (163), or NMR spectroscopy (164). In this context, the Merck index lists the chemical formula of CBS as KgfNHJaBieOafOHMCeHsCbh in the 11th edition (165), but in the most recent edition provides a less precise name, tripotassium dicitrato bismuthate (166). 

The rules of stoichiometry also apply in this case. In electrochemical cells, we must consider not only the stoichiometry related to chemical formulas, but also the stoichiometry related to electric currents. The half-reaction under consideration not only involves 1 mol of each of the copper species, but also 2 mol of electrons. We can construct a mole ratio that includes moles of electrons or we could construct a mole ratio using faradays. A faradav (F) is a mole of electrons. Thus, we could use either of the following ratios for the copper half-reaction ... 

This constitutes an interesting industrial problem, since compounds with chemical formula LixMn204 (crystal cell cubic, 0.82 nm space group Fd3m) are found to have interesting electrochemical properties depending on the Li stoichiometry in the structure". This material has a wide potential and it is used for Lithium -based batteries in cell phone applications. 

A chemical formula tells the numbers and the kinds of atoms that make up a molecule of a compound. Because each atom is an entity with a characteristic mass, a formula also provides a means for computing the relative weights of each kind of atom in a compound. Calculations based on the numbers and masses of atoms in a compound, or the numbers and masses of molecules participating in a reaction, are designated stoichiometric calculations. These weight relationships are important because, although we may think of atoms and molecules in terms of their interactions as structural units, we often must deal with them in the lab in terms of their masses—with the analytical balance. In this chapter, we consider the Stoichiometry of chemical formulas. In following chapters, we look at the stoichiometric relations involved in reactions and in solutions. 

Introduction and Orientation, Matter and Energy, Elements and Atoms, Compounds, The Nomenclature of Compounds, Moles and Molar Masses, Determination of Chemical Formulas, Mixtures and Solutions, Chemical Equations, Aqueous Solutions and Precipitation, Acids and Bases, Redox Reactions, Reaction Stoichiometry, Limiting Reactants... 

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Stoichiometry is the series of calculations on the basis of formulas and chemical equations and will be covered in Chapter 4. The use of conversion factors is common even when the relative proportions are not fixed by a chemical formula. Consider a silver alloy used for jewelry production. (Alloys are mixtures of metals and, as mixtures, may be produced in differing ratios of the metals.) A particular alloy contains 86 percent silver. Factors based on this composition, such as... 

The composition of these oxides normally departs from the precise stoichiometry, expressed in their chemical formulae. For example, in the case of a stoichiometric oxide, such as A05, where 8 = 0, we will have only thermal disorder, where the concentration of vacancies, and interstitials will be determined by the Schottky, Frenkel, and anti-Frenkel mechanisms [40-42] (these defects are explained in more detail in Chapter 5). In the case of the Schotky mechanism, the following equilibrium, described with the help of the Kroger-Vink notation, [43] develops [40]... 

The chemical reaction for mineral dissolution in Eq. 3.1 (the forward reaction) represents the stoichiometric decomposition of a binary solid compound into aqueous ionic species. It is an overall reaction based on a chemical formula for the solid phase and the hypothesis that free ionic species in aqueous solution will be created in proportion to their stoichiometry in the solid for at least some time... 

Stoichiometric The characteristic proportions of chemical reaction, obtained from chemical formulae, equations, atomic weights and molecular weights. Stoichiometry determines what and how much is used and produced in a chemical process. 

A low-temperature process for conversion of radioactive sodium salt wastes into solid, relatively insoluble, thermally stable sodium aluminosilicates is described. The reaction of the waste (in aqueous solution) with powdered clays such as kaolin, bentonite, halloysite, or dickite produces small crystals (0.5 /xm) of cancrinite. Salts, including radioactive ones, are trapped in the cancrinite crystal lattice. The approximate chemical formula of the cancrinite produced is 2(NaAlSi04) x salt y H2O, with X = 0.52 and y = 0.68 when the entrapped salt is NaNOa. The stoichiometry requires two moles of NaOH for each mole of cancrinite formed. 

Usually, a formula unit corresponds to the simplest chemical formula or to the stoichiometry of the molecule of a material. 

The word stoichiometry is derived from the Greek stoicheion, which means first principle or element, and metron, which means measure. Stoichiometry describes the quantitative relationships among elements in compounds (composition stoichiometry) and among substances as they undergo chemical changes (reaction stoichiometry). In this chapter we are concerned with chemical formulas and composition stoichiometry. In Chapter 3 we shall discuss chemical equations and reaction stoichiometry. 

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