1. Measurement, Conversions & Calculations
CHEM 106 Fundamentals I
Measurement: Units & Standards
Measurement, Conversions & Calculations
Dr. Ron Rusay

2. Chemistry & STEAM Fundamentals I
Measurement, Conversions & Calculations
Dr. Ron Rusay

3. CHEM 106 Basic Measurements: for stuff that you can see or sense
LENGTH, WIDTH, HEIGHT, (DIAMETER)
TIME
VOLUME (occupied space)
TEMPERATURE
MASS (weight)
Qualitative vs. Quantitative
Eg. Qualitative: Old (sloth dung) vs. Young (you?)
Quantitative: 38,000 year old (dung) vs. a 20 year old (you?)

4. Units of Measure

5. Countries using “English” Units in red
Guiding Question:
What percentage of countries do not use the metric system?
All other countries use the metric system.
What percent of countries use the metric system?
193 countries / 196 countries (total) x 100 = 98.5%

6. What is the length of the rod?
Different measurement tools give different numbers:
Analysis of the flawed images showed that the cause of the problem was that the primary mirror had been ground to the wrong shape. Although it was probably the most precisely figured mirror ever made, with variations from the prescribed curve of only 10 nanometers,[22] at the perimeter it was too flat by about 2,200 nanometers (2.2 micrometers).[54] This difference was catastrophic, introducing severe spherical aberration, a flaw in which light reflecting off the edge of a mirror focuses on a different point from the light reflecting off its center.[55]
one team used English units (e.g., inches, feet and pounds) while the other used metric units for a key spacecraft operation. This information was critical to the maneuvers required to place the spacecraft in the proper Mars orbit.
inches
Did the Hubble space telescope use English or metric units in checking its mirror construction? …..navigating the Mars Climate Orbiter?

7. Dimensional Analysis Conversion/Unit Factor Calculations
Qualitative Description: Are you tall, short, average? vs. Quantitative?.....The height on your driver’s license.
Calculate your height in centimeters/ “scale factor” UNITS
___ ft___in > ? cm
(1 ft = 12 in; 2.54 cm = 1 in) ? ? 1 12 ?
2.54
2.54
________________ __________ = cm in ft in ft cm in ? in
? cm 1

8. Dimensional Analysis Conversion/Unit Factor Calculations
Qualitative Description: Are you tall, short, average? vs. Quantitative?.....The height on your driver’s license.
Calculate your height in meters/ “scale factor” UNITS
___ ft___in > ? m
(1 ft = 12 in; 2.54 cm = 1 in; 100 cm = 1 m)
___ft x 12 in/ft + ___in = ___in
___in x 2.54 cm/in x 1 m/100cm = ___m

9. White Dwarf Stars After it was fixed!
Analysis of the flawed images showed that the cause of the problem was that the primary mirror had been ground to the wrong shape. Although it was probably the most precisely figured mirror ever made, with variations from the prescribed curve of only 10 nanometers,[22] at the perimeter it was too flat by about 2,200 nanometers (2.2 micrometers).[54] This difference was catastrophic, introducing severe spherical aberration, a flaw in which light reflecting off the edge of a mirror focuses on a different point from the light reflecting off its center.[55]
one team used English units (e.g., inches, feet and pounds) while the other used metric units for a key spacecraft operation. This information was critical to the maneuvers required to place the spacecraft in the proper Mars orbit.
The use of two different unit systems was the cause of the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1998. NASA specified metric units in the contract. NASA and other organizations applied metric units in their work, but one subcontractor, Lockheed Martin, provided thruster performance data to the team in pound-force-seconds instead of newton-seconds. The spacecraft was intended to orbit Mars at about 150 kilometers (93 mi) altitude, but incorrect data probably caused it to descend instead to about 57 kilometers (35 mi), burning up in the Martian atmosphere.[14]
Did the Hubble space telescope use English or metric units in checking its mirror construction? ….BOTH
…..navigating the Mars Climate Orbiter? BOTH …. Orbiter was LOST!

10. Measurement & Units SI units & common units in General Chemistry
Quantitative vs. Qualitative
MASS (Chem 106: gram; SI: kg; other mg)
LENGTH (Chem 106: cm & mm; SI: m; other km)
TEMPERATURE (Celsius & Kelvin; SI: K)
VOLUME (Chem 106: mL; SI: Liter; other dL)
CHEMICAL AMOUNT: mole (mol); SI: (mol); other (mmol)

11. What is the length of the rod?
Different measurement tools give different numbers:
Which ruler is better?
? cm
? cm

12. What is the length of the rod?
Different measurement tools give different numbers:
Which ruler is better?
? cm cm
? cm cm

13. What is the diameter of a circle?
All measuring devices are not the same, and the values (numbers) that come from them indicate their limitations.
Is there a better instrument to use other than a ruler to measure the diameter of the sphere?
A caliper

14. Mass Determination (Weighing Devices: Balances)

15. Mass vs. Weight English vs. Metric

16. Dimensional Analysis Conversion/Unit Factor Calculations
Qualitative Description: Are you heavy, slim, average? vs. Quantitative?.....The weight on your driver’s license? birth certificate?
Calculate your birth weight in kilograms. Scale Factor UNITS: 1 kg = 2.2 lb; 1 lb = 16 ounces (oz); 1 ounce (oz) = kg
___ lbs __ ounces > ? kg ? ? 1 16
0.0283
0.0283 1
________________ __________ = ______ ? kg oz
lbs oz
lbs kg oz ? oz
? kg

17. Volume (Liquid Measurement Tools)
(CHEM 106)
METRIC UNITS:
milliliter mL
m = milli
L = liter

18. English Metric Comparisons

19. Volume UNITS: milliliter / mL / m = milli L = liter

20. What does each line represent?
1 mL
What can be estimated?
O.1 mL

21. Volumes of regular shapes
V = s3 h
V = l x w x h

22. Volumes of regular shapes
Euclid ~300 B.C.E.

23. What is the volume the sphere?
V = 4/3 x 3.14 x (11.0 mm)3
= 5,570 mm3

24. Volume of an object (any shape) by displacement
Archimedes 212 B.C.E.
V = 60.5 mL – 50.0 ml
=10.5 mL
= 10.5 cm3
What is the volume of the jade?

25. Scientific Notation & Significant Digits
Scientific Notation: A single digit followed by a decimal and a power of ten.
Examples: 2,345 mL and g
2,345 mL = x 10 3mL
g = x g

26. Temperature is NOT Energy
UNITS: Celsius (oC) & Kelvin (K)
Temperature Scales
Temperature is NOT Energy
August. 15, oF Manama, Bahrain
oC? K?
“Temperature (sometimes called thermodynamic temperature) is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a system. Adding heat to a system causes its temperature to rise.”
Wet bulb temperature.
= 61.7oC
= 61.7oC = K

27. Temperature Scales Relative to Water
Can a human survive a temperature of 60oC?
Wet bulb? .. vs.Wind Chill.

28. “Normal” Body Temperature

29. QUESTION
Dr. R. walks into class and claims, “It is very cold in here today. It feels like 242 K.” If that were the temperature, would you agree that you would feel cold? What would that be in Celsius degrees?
I agree, that would be 31°C.
I agree, that would be – 31°C.
I do not agree, that would be 31°C.
I do not agree, that would be 515°C.
HMClass Prep: Figure 1.12

30. Answer
Dr. R. walks into class and claims, “It is very cold in here today. It feels like 242 K.” If that were the temperature, would you agree that you would feel cold? What would that be in Celsius degrees?
I agree, that would be 31°C.
I agree, that would be – 31°C.
I do not agree, that would be 31°C.
I do not agree, that would be 515°C.
The formula to use is K = °C Rearranged to yield K – = °C.
HMClass Prep: Figure 1.12

31. Temperature

32. QUESTION
Identify the best match between the dimension or quantity and the unit that is most likely to be measured in Chem 106 lab.
Dimension or Quantity Unit
A) Mass Kilogram
B) Length Meter
C) Volume Milliliter
D) Temperature Fahrenheit
E) Amount of substance Megamole

33. Answer
Identify the best match between the dimension or quantity and the unit that is most likely to be measured in Chem 106 lab.
Dimension or Quantity Unit
A) Mass Kilogram
B) Length Meter
C) Volume Milliliter
D) Temperature Fahrenheit
E) Amount of substance Megamole

34. Numbers & Measurement The Importance of Units
Measurement - quantitative observation consisting of 2 parts
Part 1 - number
Part 2 – unit
Relates to the instrument (tool) used for the measurement. Examples:
20.0 grams
6.63   joules / second
JOULE (J):
The heat required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water by 0.24 K; 1 J = 0.24 calories.[6]
The heat released as heat by a person at rest every 1/60 second (~17 ms); .[7]
The kinetic energy of a 50 kg (110 lb) human moving at 0.43 mi/hr).
The amount of electricity required to light a 1 watt LED for 1 s.

35. Powers of Ten: Scale

36. Mathematics & Arithmetic Scientific Notation
Short Hand expression: Powers of Ten / Exponents of base Ten
Count decimal places: to right (+) and to the left (-)
Multiplication: add exponents
Division: subtract exponents
1,000,000,000 kg/m3 = 1 x 10 9 kg/m3
kg/cm3 = 1.8 x 10-7 kg/cm3

37. Language describes scale (prefixes)
Shorthand Prefixes
Diameter of the observable universe: 93 Gly or 8.8×10^26 m
George Smoot Nobel 2006 wrinkles in the universe
Hella is a prefix associated with Northern California: UC Davis, UC Berkeley, LBL, LLNL & adopted by Google (2010) & Wolfram Alpha (2011)
"hella-” = 10 27

38. Commonly Used Prefixes in Chemistry

39. QUESTION
Select the correct relationship between these metric units of length or distance.
A) 1 km = 100 m B) 1 mm = 10 cm
C) 1 nm = 109 m D) 103 mm = 1 m

40. Answer
Select the correct relationship between these metric units of length or distance.
A) 1 km = 100 m B) 1 mm = 10 cm
C) 1 nm = 109 m D) 103 mm = 1 m
Correct Answer: D
Question Number: 8

41. 1000 milligrams (mg) = 1 gram (g)
QUESTION
Coincidentally, a U.S. nickel has a mass of approximately 5 grams. If you had one dollar’s worth of nickels in your jean’s what would be the mass of the nickels in milligrams?
100 milligrams
50 milligrams
1,000 milligrams
100,000 milligrams
HMClass Prep: Table 1.2
1000 milligrams (mg) = 1 gram (g)

42. Answer
Coincidentally, a U.S. nickel has a mass of approximately 5 grams. If you had one dollar’s worth of nickels in your jean’s what would be the mass of the nickels in milligrams?
100 milligrams
50 milligrams
1,000 milligrams
100,000 milligrams
20 nickels make up one dollar, then one dollar’s worth of nickels would have a mass of 5g x 20=100 grams. Next, the conversion between grams and milligrams is done by multiplying by 1,000 (because there are 1,000 milligrams per 1 gram.)
HMClass Prep: Table 1.2
Would the weight of the nickels pull your jean’s down off of your waist?

43. Answer
Coincidentally, a U.S. nickel has a mass of approximately 5 grams. If you had one dollar’s worth of nickels in your jean’s what would be the mass of the nickels in milligrams?
100 milligrams
50 milligrams
1,000 milligrams
100,000 milligrams
20 nickels make up one dollar, then one dollar’s worth of nickels would have a mass of 5g x 20=100 grams. Next, the conversion between grams and milligrams is done by multiplying by 1,000 (because there are 1,000 milligrams per 1 gram.)
HMClass Prep: Table 1.2
Would the weight of the nickels pull your jean’s down off of your waist?
Likely not. 100g = 100g/454 g/lb equals 0.22lb ~ the weight of a quarter pounder

44. “The Electron Stopwatch”
QUESTION
An array of multilayer mirrors compresses ultrabroadband laser pulses (orange beam). The attosecond x-ray pulses allow the real-time observation of atomic-scale electron motion. The previous spectroscopic method was on a femtosecond scale, which was too slow to capture the movement.
How many times faster is attosecond spectroscopy compared to femtosecond methods?
Science, 317, , (2007)
“The Electron Stopwatch”
A. 10x B. 100x C. 1,000x D. 1,000,000x

45. “The Electron Stopwatch”
QUESTION
How many times faster is attosecond spectroscopy compared to femtosecond methods?
Science, 317, , (2007)
“The Electron Stopwatch”
A. 10x B. 100x C. 1,000x D. 1,000,000x

46. “The Electron Stopwatch”
Answer
How many times faster is attosecond spectroscopy compared to femtosecond methods?
Science, 317, , (2007)
“The Electron Stopwatch”
10-15 / = femto / atto
A. 10x B. 100x C. 1,000x D. 1,000,000x
~ “magnification”

47. Scientific Notation & Significant Digits
Scientific Notation: A single digit followed by a decimal and a power of ten.
Examples: 2,345 mL and g
2,345 mL = x 10 3mL
g = x g

48. Numbers How many numbers should I include?
Expressing a number correctly is determined by the method used in the measurement!
How many numbers should I include?
Significant Digits (Figures)
Consider: the exactness of the measured value
Short Hand expression translates the number: Scientific Notation

49. What is the length of the rod?
Different measurement tools give different numbers:
Which ruler is better?
? cm cm
? cm cm

50. Reporting Numbers Rules for Significant Digits (Figures)
Nonzero integers always count as significant figures.
3456 g has how many sig figs?
Expressed in scientific notation?

51. Reporting Numbers Rules for Significant Digits (Figures)
Nonzero integers always count as significant figures.
3456 g has how many sig figs?
4 sig figs.
Expressed in scientific notation?
3.456 x 10 3 g

52. Reporting Numbers Rules for Significant (Digits) Figures
Exact numbers (unit, conversion or scale factors) can have an infinite number of significant figures.
1 liter = 1,000. ml, exactly
1 inch = cm, exactly

53. Zeros Leading zeros do not count as significant figures.
mL has how many sig figs?
Number expressed in scientific notation?

54. Zeros Leading zeros do not count as significant figures.
mL has how many sig figs?
3 sig figs.
Number expressed in scientific notation?
4.86 x mL

55. Zeros Captive zeros always count as significant figures.
16.07 cm has how many sig figs?
Number expressed in scientific notation?

56. Zeros Captive zeros always count as significant figures.
16.07 cm has how many sig figs?
4 sig figs.
Number expressed in scientific notation?
1.607 x 10 1 cm

57. Zeros
Trailing zeros are significant only if the number contains a decimal point.
9.300 kg has how many sig figs?
Number expressed in scientific notation?

58. Zeros
Trailing zeros are significant only if the number contains a decimal point.
9.300 kg has how many sig figs?
4 sig figs.
Number expressed in scientific notation?
9.300 kg

59. QUESTION In which of these measured values are the zeros
not significant figures?
I) cm
II) 504 g
III) 2.70 m
IV) 5300 L
A) I and II B) II and III C) I and IV
D) I, III, and IV  E) II, III, and IV

60. Answer In which of these measured values are the zeros
not significant figures?
I) cm
II) 504 g
III) 2.70 m
IV) 5300 L
A) I and II B) II and III C) I and IV
D) I, III, and IV  E) II, III, and IV
Correct Answer: C
Question Number: 9

61. QUESTION
Which one of the following does NOT represent four significant digits? mg mg mg mg
HMClass Prep: Rules for Significant Figures

62. Answer
Which one of the following does NOT represent four significant digits? mg mg mg mg
The zero in front of the decimal point is not a part of any measurement, the next zero is a place holder, and the last zero is part of the measurement and significant. Therefore 3 sig figs.
HMClass Prep: Rules for Significant Figures

63. Mathematics & Arithmetic
Relative to method(s) of measurement
Short Hand expression: Scientific Notation
Numbers : How many to include?
Quantitative vs. Qualitative
Addition/Subtraction......
Multiplication/Division.....
What is “significant”?.....Rounding Off

64. Computational Rules
Addition/Subtraction: Answer expressed to the least number of decimal places of the figures in the process
Multiplication/Division: Answer expressed to the least number of significant figures

65. Addition
Four students were each asked to measure a piece of wire and provide a total length for the four pieces.
Report the result correctly: cm

66. QUESTION
If you were unloading a kg box of books from your car and a “friend” added two more 482 gram chemistry books, how much in kg and using the rules for significant digits, would you be lifting?
23.98 kg kg
24.46 kg
24.5 kg
HMClass Prep: Table 1.2

67. Answer
If you were unloading a kg box of books from your car and a “friend” added two more 482 gram chemistry books, how much in kg and using the rules for significant digits, would you be lifting?
23.98 kg kg
24.46 kg
24.5 kg
HMClass Prep: Table 1.2
The 482 grams of mass must be doubled (to include both books) and 482 grams is kg. When adding measurements the answer has the same number of decimal places as the fewest decimal places in the calculation. Therefore the answer has 2 decimal places.

68. Mathematical Processes:
Provide correct answers assuming each value (unit omitted) is written with the correct number of significant figures:

69. QUESTION
The average mass of a certain brand of vitamin C tablets is 253 mg. What is the mass of three such tablets rounded to the proper number of significant digits?
0.760 grams
0.759 grams
grams
0.253 grams
HMClass Prep: Table 1.2

70. Answer
The average mass of a certain brand of vitamin C tablets is 253 mg. What is the mass of three such tablets rounded to the proper number of significant digits?
0.760 grams
0.759 grams
grams
0.253 grams
3 tablets  253 milligrams = 759 milligrams, then dividing by 1,000 converts the milligrams to grams. Note the three is a count of the number of objects, not a measured quantity and 759 retains the same number of significant digits as the least found in related measurements.
HMClass Prep: Table 1.2

71. How many mL of milk are in a1/2 gallon carton?
Systematic Problem Solving Dimensional/Unit Analysis: Conversions Workshop
How many mL of milk are in a1/2 gallon carton?
0.50 gal
? mL
1 gal = 4 qt
1 qt = 946 mL
0.50 gal | 4 qt | 946 mL
| 1 gal | 1 qt
= ? mL

72. Complete the following Units & Conversions
Number Scientific Notation Named unit
13,000,000,000 yrs. ________________ __? gigayears
___________ mL ______________ mL Liters
____________ kg __8.45 x kg___ _? grams__

73. Complete the following Units & Conversions
Number Scientific Notation Named unit
1.3 x 1010 yrs
13,000,000,000 yrs. ________________ __? gigayears
13 Gyrs
546
5.46 X 10 2
___________ mL ______________ mL Liters
0.546 L
0.845
____________ kg __8.45 x kg___ _? grams__
845 g

74. Numbers & Measurement Units & Conversions
Crash Course: Hank & John Green
Unit Conversion & Significant Figures (11:23 min:sec)

75. Worksheet Units, Measurements, & Conversions

76. World’s fastest computer (2001) (12 TeraFLOPS/second)
Tera- = (trillion)
Cost =
~$ 30,000,000 (2001 dollars)

77. World’s fastest computer (2016) (33.86 PetaFLOPS)
Peta- = (quadrillion); 1,000 trillion
Peta = ?
developed by a team of 1,300 scientists and engineers.
Tianhe-2 in China's National Computer Centre, Guangzhou, performs at petaflops (quadrillions of calculations per second), almost twice as fast as the second-quickest machine, which is American. July 15, 2015, President Obama has signed an executive order calling for the US to build the world's fastest computer by to replace Titan in Oak peta FLOPS
The supercomputer would be 20 times quicker than the current leading machine, which is in China.Such a computer would be called an exascale machine. targeting around 60 megawatts
2014 Tianhe-2, aka Milky Way, Guangzhou, China
Estimated Cost:
>$100 million (2016 dollars)

78. Floating Point Operations Flops
Use a clock or watch with a second hand or read out and note the seconds.
Begin, counting 1+1.
Keep repeating the counting of 1+1 and keep track of how many times that you have repeated 1+1.
Stop when you reach 30 seconds on the timekeeping device, note your total of times that you have repeated 1+1. This is the number of Flops per 30 seconds.

79. Floating Point Operations Flops
Divide the total number by 30. This is your estimated processing power/sec, which is equal to how many FLOPS (Floating Point OPerations/ sec.).
How many people would be needed to produce 1 petaFLOP (i.e. adding 1+1)?
The current 2016 estimated population of the U.S. is ~325 million people. The world population is estimated as 7.3 billion. How many respective U.S. populations and world populations are needed to do the work of a petaFLOP computer?
U.S. ______ World_______

80. Measurements: Scaling/ Problem Solving Powers of Ten (Exponents: 10 x)
Scaling: U.S. Population in 2003 vs. 2016
1 birth every 12 seconds (2003) vs. 8 seconds (2016)
1 death every 20 seconds (2003) vs. 10 seconds in (2016)
1 new immigrant every 21 s (2003) vs. 29 s (2016)
Considering the data, what is the net effect on the U.S. population in 2016…. Is it growing or declining? faster or slower than 2003? … by what percent vs. 2016?
The U.S. census population was 321,442,019 on July 4, Calculate what it is today considering the data.
365 days/yr x 24 hr/day x 60 min/hr x 60 sec/min = 31,536,000 sec/yr

81. Measurements: Scaling/ Problem Solving Powers of Ten (Exponents: 10 x)
Today?
365 days/yr x 24 hr/day x 60 min/hr x 60 sec/min = 31,536,000 sec/yr
x 10 7 sec/yr ( 1 new person /8 sec people /29 sec - 1 people /10 sec)
x 107 sec/yr ( 1/8 + 1/29 – 1/10) people /sec
x 107 sec/yr ( ) people/sec
x 107 sec/yr x people/sec
x 10 7 sec/yr x 8.09 x people/sec
25.5 x 10 5 people / yr
= 2.55 x 10 6 people

82. Floating Point Operations Cost of 100+ TeraFlops (2004)?
What is the cost?
$250,000,000 ($ 250 x 10 6)
What do you get?
220 mph = 3.66 miles/sec = 366 trillion miles
>1 million trips to Mars!!
An electrical impulse between neurons travels at 220 miles per hour. If each Flop was 1 impulse how far would 100 TeraFlops travel?