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Equivalence concept vs Mole concept
What is the need for Mole concept when there is already an equivalence mass concept in Chemistry ? Signed by
Kiddo Learnertalk at 05:46, 31 May 2021.
I quote from
equivalent weight: "These values correspond to the atomic weight divided by the usual valence", whereas mole is independent of charge. Sometimes charge is important, such as the mentioned acid-base reactions mentioned in the article, but more often than not, it isn't, and using equivalent weight would just be a unnecessary headache. The two are related but not interchangeable in many situations.
Fgf10 (
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15:12, 31 May 2021 (UTC)reply
You might also like to read
Mole (unit), which is based on
Avogadro's number,
Kiddo Learner. The mole is one of the basic units of the SI system, whereas "equivalence" is a relative term that depends on the outcome of the reaction, which the experimentalist may not know at the outset — so, for example one could react chlorine with benzene and get different results according to the relative amounts used.
Mike Turnbull (
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15:42, 31 May 2021 (UTC)reply
As noted above, equivalence is only useful in situations with
ionic compounds and
acids and
bases, and with chemical reactions of the same, you most often see it in
Equivalent concentration calculations, but even today, it's largely not used anymore. The mole is a much more generalizable concept and works in a wider variety of reactions. Indeed, as taught in most chemistry curricula today,
normality and equivalence is seen as an extra and unnecessary step over simple molar calculations. --
Jayron3213:17, 1 June 2021 (UTC)reply
Einsteinium the last element to have a compound?
It doesn't seem that Fermium has a compound but Einsteinium's page doesn't say anything about it being the last one to have one. Is it?
UB Blacephalon (
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21:38, 31 May 2021 (UTC)reply
but only at 23:31, 31 May 2021 (UTC), after poster had been told over there to go here with their question. --
Lambiam08:13, 1 June 2021 (UTC)reply
As the article
Nobelium#Chemical mentions, even
synthetic elements have compounds. Nobelium chloride was made as long ago as 1967, together with fermium chloride. There would be no point claiming some element was the "last one" to have a compound, as all elements have (in theory) compounds: they have just not all been available to experiments, given the limited quantity of material available.
Mike Turnbull (
talk)
09:54, 1 June 2021 (UTC)reply
There may be gaps in the ability of transuranium elements to form compounds.
Oganesson "should" be a
noble gas, based on its position in the periodic table, but it may be a solid under normal conditions, and it may be too reactive to be considered noble. At the moment, nothing much is certain. But in any case its successor,
ununennium, should be highly reactive. --
Lambiam21:30, 1 June 2021 (UTC)reply
@
Lambiam: Late, but couldn't resist noticing this. :) The textbook diagonal "metalloid line" would actually reach elements 117 and 118 in the seventh period. Relativistic effects for late p-elements help to enhance metallisation (Po is much more clearly metallic than Sb is; At likely manages to form a metallic structure despite being on the wrong side of the line, though chemically it is a very bad metal); they must be very strong here, because they go like the 4th power of the atomic number IIRC. (Underlying reason being p3/2 expansion, giving large atomic radius and low ionisation energy.) So it's actually not totally far-fetched that element 118 is a metal in the noble gas group(!), though probably a pretty poor one if so, like tin.
Double sharp (
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15:23, 27 March 2022 (UTC)reply
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Equivalence concept vs Mole concept
What is the need for Mole concept when there is already an equivalence mass concept in Chemistry ? Signed by
Kiddo Learnertalk at 05:46, 31 May 2021.
I quote from
equivalent weight: "These values correspond to the atomic weight divided by the usual valence", whereas mole is independent of charge. Sometimes charge is important, such as the mentioned acid-base reactions mentioned in the article, but more often than not, it isn't, and using equivalent weight would just be a unnecessary headache. The two are related but not interchangeable in many situations.
Fgf10 (
talk)
15:12, 31 May 2021 (UTC)reply
You might also like to read
Mole (unit), which is based on
Avogadro's number,
Kiddo Learner. The mole is one of the basic units of the SI system, whereas "equivalence" is a relative term that depends on the outcome of the reaction, which the experimentalist may not know at the outset — so, for example one could react chlorine with benzene and get different results according to the relative amounts used.
Mike Turnbull (
talk)
15:42, 31 May 2021 (UTC)reply
As noted above, equivalence is only useful in situations with
ionic compounds and
acids and
bases, and with chemical reactions of the same, you most often see it in
Equivalent concentration calculations, but even today, it's largely not used anymore. The mole is a much more generalizable concept and works in a wider variety of reactions. Indeed, as taught in most chemistry curricula today,
normality and equivalence is seen as an extra and unnecessary step over simple molar calculations. --
Jayron3213:17, 1 June 2021 (UTC)reply
Einsteinium the last element to have a compound?
It doesn't seem that Fermium has a compound but Einsteinium's page doesn't say anything about it being the last one to have one. Is it?
UB Blacephalon (
talk)
21:38, 31 May 2021 (UTC)reply
but only at 23:31, 31 May 2021 (UTC), after poster had been told over there to go here with their question. --
Lambiam08:13, 1 June 2021 (UTC)reply
As the article
Nobelium#Chemical mentions, even
synthetic elements have compounds. Nobelium chloride was made as long ago as 1967, together with fermium chloride. There would be no point claiming some element was the "last one" to have a compound, as all elements have (in theory) compounds: they have just not all been available to experiments, given the limited quantity of material available.
Mike Turnbull (
talk)
09:54, 1 June 2021 (UTC)reply
There may be gaps in the ability of transuranium elements to form compounds.
Oganesson "should" be a
noble gas, based on its position in the periodic table, but it may be a solid under normal conditions, and it may be too reactive to be considered noble. At the moment, nothing much is certain. But in any case its successor,
ununennium, should be highly reactive. --
Lambiam21:30, 1 June 2021 (UTC)reply
@
Lambiam: Late, but couldn't resist noticing this. :) The textbook diagonal "metalloid line" would actually reach elements 117 and 118 in the seventh period. Relativistic effects for late p-elements help to enhance metallisation (Po is much more clearly metallic than Sb is; At likely manages to form a metallic structure despite being on the wrong side of the line, though chemically it is a very bad metal); they must be very strong here, because they go like the 4th power of the atomic number IIRC. (Underlying reason being p3/2 expansion, giving large atomic radius and low ionisation energy.) So it's actually not totally far-fetched that element 118 is a metal in the noble gas group(!), though probably a pretty poor one if so, like tin.
Double sharp (
talk)
15:23, 27 March 2022 (UTC)reply