A.P. Chemistry
Summer Work 2013
Welcome to Advanced Placement Chemistry. Remember this is a college course we are trying to
experience on a high school campus. To prepare for the A.P. test given in May, we need to finish our
topics by the end of the third quarter so we can review before the exam. If you have a lab notebook from
your chemistry class, keep it, because we will need to review some of the experiments that you may have
performed earlier. If you have your labs on notebook paper, placing them in a binder would be sufficient.
Colleges like to see which kinds of labs you have done in an A.P. course.
It is strongly encouraged that prior to leaving this year, you pick up the A.P. Chemistry book from the
library (Chemistry by Zumdahl 7th edition) and do the problems and take the notes listed below in the
first three chapters in the text. Note which topics you have not learned in your previous chemistry course.
Try to gather any information you can from your text or other notes and try to develop questions to ask as
we cover these chapters in class. We will discus these three chapters during the first week of school and
will turn in the work the day of the test. I will be available by email before the start of school if you have
any questions on the work or in general. My email is [email protected].
The homework is:
Read and Take notes on Chapter 1. Starting on page 32, do exercises: 25, 28, 30, 34, 45,
51, 63, 69, 76, 83.
Read and Take notes on Chapter 2. Starting on page 70, do exercises: 26, 27, 43, 49, 53,
57, 64, 67, 68, 75.
Read and Take notes on Chapter 3. Starting on page 117, do exercises: 27, 39-49 odd,
61, 67, 73, 86, 92, 103.
Memorize the polyatomic ion formulas and names on the attached sheet. You will need to
know them on the day of our test and throughout the entirety of the course. There are a
few memorizing tips given to you in the right-hand column of the list.
Your notes should include any key terms, any examples that you want to include to help your
understanding of a concept, any diagrams you feel are necessary, and any key concepts. In your
problems, make sure to show any work that you needed to solve the problems and if you don’t know how
to solve the problem look in the chapter for examples that might help. Don’t leave any problems blank, at
least write down the pertinent information, it might give you a clue how to solve it.
Looking forward to meeting you,
Matt Schiller
Poly Science
Names, Formulas, and Charges of Common Polyatomic Ions
Positive Ions (Cations)
Ammonium
NH4+
Memorizing Hints:
Mercury (I)
Hg22+
• Anything (except thiocyanate) ending in
Negative Ions (Anions)
"-ite" or "-ate" has Oxygen(s) in formula
Acetate
C2H3O2-
Carbonate
CO32-
Bicarbonate/Hydrogen carbonate
HCO3-
Chlorate
ClO3-
Chlorite
ClO2-
Hypochlorite
ClO-
• Charges for Sulfur, Chlorine, Phosphorous
Perchlorate
ClO4-
compounds same as charges of individual ions
Chromate
CrO42-
(S-2, SO4-2, SO3-2, P-3, PO4-3, PO3-3)
Dichromate
Cr2O72-
Cyanide
CN-
• Adding Hydrogen to beginning of polyatomic
Hydroxide
OH-
lowers negative charge of compound by 1 since
Nitrate
NO3-
H charge is +1 (SO4-2, HSO4-1)
Nitrite
NO2-
Oxalate
C2O42-
Hydrogen oxalate
HC2O4-
Permanganate
MnO4-
Peroxide
O22-
Phosphate
PO43-
Hydrogen phosphate
HPO42-
Dihydrogen phosphate
H2PO4-
Phosphite
PO33-
Sulfate
SO42-
Bisulfate/ Hydrogen sulfate
HSO4-
Sulfite
SO32-
Bisulfite/Hydrogen sulfite
HSO3-
Thiocyanate
SCN-
• "-ite" means less Oxygen, "-ate" means more
• "hypo" means less, "per" (hyper) means more