Measurement in Chemistry

Lesson 5 and 6 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY

Topics:

• Physical Quantities
• Scientific Notation
• Measurement of Volume, Density and Energy
• Conversion
 Measurement

Obtaining numerical values or data

from experiments/activities.
Examples:
length: 150 cm
mass: 2 kg
time: 300 s
 Physical Quantities
1. Fundamental Quantities

2. Derived Quantities
 Physical Quantities
1. Fundamental (Base) Quantities
• Mass (kg)
• Length (m)
• Time (s)
• Temperature (K)
• Luminous Intensity (cd)
• Electric Current (A)
• Amount of Substance (mol)
 Common Prefixes in Measurement
• kilo - 1,000 or
• hecto - 100 or
• deca - 10
• deci - 0.1 or
• centi - 0.01 or
• milli - 0.001 or
• micro - 0.000001 or
 Common Prefixes in Measurement
Examples:
1. 1 kg = 1000 g
2. 100 cm = 1 m
3. 1 hg = ______ g
4. 10 ml = ______ L
5. 10 g = _______ mg
 Scientific Notation
Scientific Method is convenient way of expressing
extremely large or extremely small numbers.
Examples:
123,456,789 = 1.2 x 10^8
0.00023 = 2.3 x 10^-4
119.12304 = 1.2 x 10^2
 Conversion of Units
A process of changing a unit of measurement
from one form to another.

Examples:

5kg -------- g

3 ft. -------- m

10 oz. ------ L
 Dimensional Analysis
Factor-Label Method is a procedure used to convert
units in solving chemistry problems.

given quantity x conversion factor = desired quantity

given unit x = desired unit

 Dimensional Analysis
Convert the ff:
1. 1.4 km to m
2. 135 mg to kg
3. 2 gal. to L (1 gal. = 3.785L)
4. 12 ft. to mm (1ft = 30.48cm)
5. 4.6 lb. to g (1lb = 0.4536kg)
Conversion of Temperature
 Physical Quantities
2. Derived Quantities
• Volume - Formula : L x W x H
• Density - Formula :
• Velocity - Formula :
• Accelaration - Formula :
• Weight - Formula : ma
• Energy - Formula : KE = 0.5mV^2
 Volume
The measure of the amount of space
occupied by an object.

SI UNIT/S:
 Density
The mass of an object divided by its
volume.

Density = :
Density
 Density
Gold is a precious metal that is
chemicall unreactive and is usually
used in jewelry . A piece of gold
weighs 301 g and has a volume of
15.6 cubic centimeter. Calculate the
density of gold.
 Density
A piece of platinum metal with a
density of 21.5 g/cm³ has a volume
of 4.49 cm³. What is its mass?
 Energy
The capacity to do work.

SI Unit: or Joules