Chapter 2- Mathematics Of Chemistry Flashcards
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Measurement
A quantity that includes both a number and a unit
SI Units
System of measurement based in the metric system
Length in SI Units
Meter (m)
Mass in SI Units
Kilogram(kg)
Temperature in SI Units
Kelvin (K)
Time in SI Units
Second (s)
Amount of a substance in SI Units
Mole (mol)
Electric Current in SI Units
Ampere (A)
Luminous Intensity in SI Units
Candela (cd)
Metric prefixes and values
Giga-G-1,000,000,000 Mega-M-1,000,000 Kilo-k-1000 Hecto-h-100 Deka-da-10 -m-1 Deci-d-1/10 Centi-c-1/100 Milli-m-1/1000 Micro-weird u thing- 1/1,000,000 Nano-n-1/1,000,000,000 Pico-p-1/1,000,000,000,000
Scientific notation
Way to express numbers as the product of 2 numbers: a coefficient and a number ten raised to a power
Liter
(L); volume of a cube that measures 10 cm on each side
Weight
Measure of force that is equal to the gravitational pull to an object
Kinetic energy
Energy due to motion
Temperature
Measure of average kinetic energy of particles in matter
Energy
Capacity to do work of produce heat
Joule
(J) SI Unit of energy
J=kg* m2/s2
1 calorie = 4.184 J
Accuracy
Measure of how close a measurement is to the correct or accepted value of the quantity being measured
Precision
Measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another
Accepted value
The true or correct value based o general agreement with reliable reference
Experimental value
Value that is measured during the experiment, may be different than the accepted value
Error
Difference between the experimental and accepted values
Error=experimental value-accepted value
Percent error
Absolute value of the error divided by the accepted value and multiplied by 100%
% error=(lexperimental value- accepted valuel/ accepted value)*100%
Significant figures
Consist of all the certain digits in that measurement plus one uncertain or estimated digit