EBK CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS,
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Author: Holme
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Chapter 1, Problem 2CO
Interpretation Introduction
Interpretation:
Usefulness of microscopic, macroscopic and symbolic perspectives in understanding a chemical system should be explained.
Concept Introduction
- The characteristics we can see in a system and reactions happen in the system as a whole are the macroscopic qualities.Therefore, observing characteristics of the whole system refers to the macroscopic perspective.
- The characteristics of a single atom or a molecule are considered as microscopic properties. Therefore considering those microscopic properties such as speed, size, energy of individual atoms or molecules; is referred to as microscopic perspective.
- A chemical system consists of atoms. Atom is the smallest unit of a system and it is unimaginably small. Sometimes atoms do not exist alone and form molecules by forming bonds between two or more atoms of the same element or different elements.
- Symbolic Perspective refers to representing atoms, molecules and
chemical reactions in a system using symbols.
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