AAMI EMBALMING CHEMISTRY WEEK
#1 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
4 - Answer-The combining capacity of carbon is?
Organic chemistry - Answer-Covalent bonding, usually flammable, slow to react due to
their size?
Inorganic chemistry - Answer-Ionic/electrovalent bonding, non-flammable, and react fast
because they're ionized
3 - Answer-The Maximum number of bonds that can be used to connect two carbon
atoms is?
3 - Answer-Nitrogen combining capacity is
2 - Answer-Oxygens combining capacity is
1 - Answer-Hydrogens combining capacity is?
Hydrocarbon - Answer-Functional group H is
Alcohols - Answer-Functional group 0H is
Halogens - Answer-Functional group X is
Aldehydes - Answer-Functional group CHO is
Ketones - Answer-Functional group CO is
Organic acids - Answer-Functional group COOH is
Esters - Answer-Functional group COO is
Amines - Answer-Functional group NH2 is
Methane - Answer-CH4
Ethane - Answer-C2H6
Propane - Answer-C3H8
Propyl - Answer-C3H7 (radical)
, Methyl - Answer-CH3 (radical)
Ethyl - Answer-C2H5 (radical)
Alkyl group / radical - Answer-Is a saturated hydrocarbon (Alkane) that has one
Hydrogen atom removed which allows for point of attachment for the functional group
Molecular formula - Answer-What tells you what elements are in the molecule and the
number of atoms of the element?
Structural formula - Answer-Is the chemical formula showing the blueprint/layout of the
formula or compound.
Line formula - Answer-Is a condensed version of the structural formula. This formula is
used to conserve space over the structural formulas and are a breviary shins of them,
and point out the functional group
Formaldehyde / methanal - Answer-HCHO is a line formula for what?
General molecular or type formula - Answer-Is used to predict the number of hydrogens
in any of the hydrocarbon (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes) provided the number of carbons
is known.
Isomerism - Answer-each molecule having the same number of atoms of each element,
but in different arrangements!
Aliphatic / acyclic - Answer-C-C-C-C open chain formation. What's this division called
Isomers - Answer-having the same molecular formula, but different structural formulas
Carbocyclic - Answer-Closed chain formation. What is this division called
Benzene - Answer-Is a six carbon ring, with alternating double bonds
Benzene - Answer-Is known as the aromatic nucleus or parent compound
Aromatic radical - Answer-Whenever a benzene has a hydrogen removed what is
formed? C6H5
Gas - Answer-Compounds with less than five carbons (1-4) will be in the form of?
Liquid - Answer-Compounds with 5-16 carbons will be a?
Solids - Answer-Compounds with 17 or more carbons will be a?
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