Chem 1: Ch 5-9 UMT Dwyer Flashcards
Midterm I
Petrochemical
substance that is made from petroleum or other related substances such as coal or natural gas
Petroleum
a thick, flammable, yellow to black substance found in selected locations on earth, usualy in underground resevoirs; central to modern life in industrialized nations
water
clear, colorless, tasteless substance found almost everywhere on earth; essential to life support
petrochemical era
the period of time in which petrochemicals are used to manufacture products that are central to all aspects of life. generally agreed to have started inthe 1940s and is accelerating and continuing today
3 phases of matter
s, l, g
solid
constant shape and volume; vibration in a fixed position
liquid
variable shape (bottom of a container) and constant volume; touch one another & move around each other
gas
variable shape and volume (same as closed container); move independently, very widely spread
pure substance
one kind of matter, distinct and unue physical and chemical properties
mixture
sample of matter composed of 2 or more chemicals/substances; properties depend on relative amounts of parts
eg gin/water
element
a pure substance that cannot be decomposed into other pure substances by ordinary chemical means
compound
a pure substance that can be broken down into 2 or more pure substances by a chemical change.
Do NOT confuse element/compound with pure/mixture eg water is a pure compound that can be chemically separated into pure elemnts
physical properties
measurable and detecable by senses; eg water boils at 100*C
freezing point, boiling pt, density, color
physical change
new form of same substance
chemical properties
list of chemical changes possible; eg water reacts with sodium to form hydrogen, sodium ions, and hydroxide iions
chemcial change
old substance destroyed, new substance formed (eg hindenburg disaster)
homogenous
uniform appearance and composition throughout
heterogeneous
visibly different phases and/or different composition in a sample of matter
distillation
process of separating the components of a mixture by heating the liquid and collecting the gaseous components that sepearate formt he remainder of the liquid
separation of mix based on differences in volatility, speed of evaporation
element with lower boiling point evaporates first
3 major substances extracted from earth
petroleum, coal, natural gas
Pure substances that are compounds
water, sugar, baking soda, aspirin
pure elemental substances
gold, copper wire, lead fishing sinks
fractional distillation
The vapor enters the bottom fo the column and rises through the column, with the substances with the higher boiling points condensing back to the liquid state nearer the bottom of the columna and the lower-boiling liquids condensing higher in the column
cracking
less valuable fractions are subjected to a process called cracking- where the fraction is transformed, or cracked into gasoline