Chemistry Chapters 1&2, Bishop

Front 1

How are lab results typically reported in chemistry?

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Concentration or mass

Front 2

Which chemical grade is suitable for laboratory and general use?

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Analytic grade

Front 3

Which chemical grade is used for testing methods that measure substances of minute concentration or methods that are very sensitive?

Back 3

Ultrapure

Front 4

What grade of chemicals is used in manufacturing but not the lab?

Back 4

Technical

Front 5

Which chemical grades are only regulated by potential detrimental effects to humans?

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United States Pharmacopeia and National Formulary

Front 6

A standard that is very pure and can be directly measured to determine concentration and purity

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Primary standard

Front 7

A standard that must be compared to the primary standard to determine its purity

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Secondary standard

Front 8

Water created by distillation

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Distilled water

Front 9

Water created by removing the ions

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Deionized water

Front 10

Water purified by reverse osmosis

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RO water

Front 11

Use of type I water

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Used for sensitive testing methods that require little interference

Front 12

Use of type II water

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Most testing, QC, preparation for standards

Front 13

Use of type III water

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Glassware cleaning only

Front 14

Define solute

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Substance that is dissolved in a solution; substance to be tested

Front 15

Define solvent

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Substance that dissolves the solute

Front 16

Define solution

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Mixture of solute and solvent

Front 17

What is the formula for percent solution?

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Number of particles of a solute per 100 parts of the solvent or solution

Front 18

What is the formula for molarity?

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Number of moles of solute per liter of solution

Front 19

What is the formula for molality?

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Number of moles of solute per kilogram of solution

Front 20

What is the formula for normality?

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Number of equivalent weights of solute per liter of solution

Front 21

What is equivalent weight?

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The molecular weight of a substance divided by its valence

Front 22

Define dilute solution.

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Solution that does not contain much solute

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Define concentrated solution.

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Solution that contains a lot of solute

Front 24

Define saturated solution

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Solution that contains the most solute that can dissolve under the specified conditions

Front 25

Define supersaturated solution

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Solution that contains more solute than can dissolve under the specified conditions

Front 26

Define pH

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Negative log of number of hydrogen ions present; used to determine how acidic or basic a solution is

Front 27

What temperature scale is most often used in the lab?

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Celsius

Front 28

What type of thermometer is most often used in the lab?

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Liquid-in-glass

Front 29

What does "TC" stand for in pipets?

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To contain

Front 30

What does "TD" stand for in pipets?

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To deliver

Front 31

Pipet type that has the etched ring around the top, letting the user know to use the pipet bulb to expel any residual liquid from it

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Blowout pipet

Front 32

Pipet that has calibration marks all the way to the tip so that the user can clearly determine the differents volumes in the pipet

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Serologic pipet

Front 33

Pipet that does not have volumes marked and is only used to transfer liquid from one source to another

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Pasteur pipet

Front 34

Pipet that is only designed to aspirate and hold one volume of liquid

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Fixed volume pipet

Front 35

Pipet that can aspirate and deliver a few to many different volumes of liquid

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Variable volume pipet

Front 36

A material or substance that is used to remove the water from reagents and chemicals

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Dessicant

Front 37

The process of "spinning down" a sample to separate it out based on relative weights and densities

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Centrifugation

Front 38

Variables associated with centrifugation

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Mass, speed, radius

Front 39

Red or pink plasma or serum due to the rupturing of the red cells

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Hemolysis

Front 40

Plasma or serum that contains an increased amount of lipids or fats

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Lipemia

Front 41

Liquid portion of blood that does not contain any clotting factors

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Serum

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Liquid portion of blood that contains clotting factors

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Plasma

Front 43

What departments of the lab can use serum samples for testing purposes?

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Chemistry, immunology, and blood bank

Front 44

What departments of the lab can use plasma samples for testing purposes?

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Blood bank, chemistry, and coagulation

Front 45

What departments of the lab use whole blood for testing purposes?

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Hematology and POC

Front 46

What type of anticogulant do pink- and purple-topped tubes contain?

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EDTA

Front 47

Sodium citrate is found in what color-topped tube?

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Blue

Front 48

A tube with no anticoagulant and possibly a gel separator in it has what color top?

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Red

Front 49

A tube that contains sodium or lithium heparin has what color top?

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Green

Front 50

What departments use purple-topped tubes?

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Hematology and blood bank

Front 51

What departments in the lab use red-topped tubes?

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Chemistry and blood bank

Front 52

What departments in the lab use green-topped tubes?

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Chemistry

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What departments in the lab use blue-topped tubes?

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Coagulation

Front 54

Blood that is found in a vein is called:

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Venous blood

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Blood that is found in an artery is called:

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Arterial blood

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Blood that is a mix of venous and arterial blood can be found in the:

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Capillaries