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Chapter 10 Flashcards

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Based on the idea that particles of matter are always in motion

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Kinetic-Molecular Theory

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A hypothetical gas that perfectly fits all the assumptions of the kinetic-molecular theory

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Ideal gas

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A collision between gas particles in which there is no net loss of total kinetic energy

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Elastic collision

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Spontaneous mixing of particles of two different substances caused by their random motion

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Diffusion

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Process by which gas particles pass through a tiny opening

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Effusion

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A gas that doesn’t behave completely according to the assumptions of the kinetic-molecular theory

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Real gas

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A substance that can flow and takes the shape of its container

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Liquid

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A force that tends to pull adjacent parts of a liquid’s surface together, thereby decreasing surface area to the smallest possible size

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Surface tension

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The attraction of the surface of a liquid to the surface of a solid

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Capillary action

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How a liquid or solid changes to a gas

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Vaporization

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How particles escape from the surface of a nonboiling liquid and enter the gas state

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Evaporation

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The physical change of a liquid to a solid by removal of energy as heat

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Freezing (or solidification)

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A solid consisting of crystals

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Crystalline solid

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A substance in which the particles are arranged in an orderly, geometric, repeating pattern

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Crystal

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A solid in which the particles are arranged randomly

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Amorphous solid

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The physical change of a solid to a liquid by the addition of energy as heat

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Melting

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The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid

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Melting point

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Substances that retain certain liquid properties even at temperatures at which they appear to be solid

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Supercooled liquids

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The total three-dimensional arrangement of particles by a crystal

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Crystal structure

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Smallest portion of a crystal lattice that shows the three-dimensional pattern of the entire lattice structure

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Unit cell

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Any part of a system that has uniform composition and properties

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Phase

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The process by which a gas changes to a liquid

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Condensation

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A dynamic condition in which two opposing changes occur at equal rates in a closed system

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Equilibrium

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Pressure exerted by a vapor in equilibrium with its corresponding liquid at a given temperature

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Equilibrium vapor pressure

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Liquids that evaporate readily

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Volatile liquids

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The conversion of a liquid to a vapor

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Boiling

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The temperature at which the equilibrium vapor pressure of the liquid equals the atmospheric pressure

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Boiling point

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The amount of energy as heat that is needed to vaporize one mole of liquid at the liquid’s boiling point at constant pressure

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Molar Enthalpy of Vaporization

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The physical change of a liquid to a solid

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Freezing

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The temperature at which the solid and liquid are in equilibrium

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Freezing point

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The amount of energy as heat required to melt one mole of solid at the solid’s melting point

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Molar enthalpy of fusion

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The change of state from a solid directly to a gas

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Sublimation

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The change of state from a gas directly to a solid

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Deposition

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A graph of pressure versus temperature that shows the conditions under which the phases of a substance exist

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Phase diagram

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Indicates the temperature and pressure conditions at which the solid, liquid, and vapor of the substance can coexist at equilibrium

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Triple point

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The critical temperature and pressure

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Critical point

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The temperature above which the substance cannot exist in the liquid state

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Critical temperature

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The lowest pressure at which the substance can exist as a liquid

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Critical pressure

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