What Are Various Measurements in Terms of Chemistry Flashcards

What do you know about various measurements in chemistry are? Measures provide the information that is the basis of most of the hypothesis, laws, and theories which describe the behavior of matter and energy in chemistry. The method encompasses the measurement, a standard of comparison, and an indication of the uncertainty of the measure. Read and study these flashcards to learn about the various tests in chemistry then take the quiz.

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Error=
Experimental value-accepted value
Percent error=
|error|/accepted value X100
Accuracy
Measure of how close a measurement comes to the actual or true value of whatever is measured
Precision
Measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another
How many sigfigs?
0.00073
2
How many sigfigs?
8765
4
How many sigfigs
0.05730
4
Length, mass, temp., time, amount of substance, luminous intensity, electric current
Meter, kilogram, kelvin, seconds, moles, candela, ampere
Mega, kilo, deci, centi, milli, micro, nano, pico
1 million x, 1000 x, 10 times, 100 times, 1000 times, 10 million times, 1000 million times, 1 trillion times
x-larger, times-smaller
Density=
Mass/volume <3
Kelvin=
Celsius=
C+273k-273
As the temperature increases, the density of most substances
Decrease
1J=1 cal=
0.2390 cal4.184 J
Democritus' atomic phiosophy
Believed atoms were indivisible and indestructible
Dalton's atomic theory
1.all elements are composed of tiny indivisible particles called atoms2.all atoms of the same element are identical. the atoms of any one element are different from those of any other element.3.atoms of different elements can physically mix together or can chemically combine in simple whole-number ratios to form compounds4.chemical reactions occur when atoms are separated, joined, or rearranged. atoms of one element, however, are never changed into atoms of another element as a result of a chemical reaction.