CHEM 112 - MIDTERM I Flashcards

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Between dispersion forces, dipole-dipole, and hydrogen bonding, which one is the strongest intermolecular force?

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Hydrogen bonding

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What are intermolecular forces?

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Noncovalent interactions

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What are the intermolecular forces?

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Dispersion forces
Dipole-dipole force
Hydrogen bonding
Ion-dipole
Ionic bonding

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Why are intermolecular forces critical to enzyme function?

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Hydrogen bonding and ion-dipole interactions stabilize the enzyme structure

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Intermolecular forces are ____ than intramolecular forces

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weaker

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Intermolecular forces are interactions ____ molecules

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between

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What is the weakest of all intermolecular forces?

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Dispersion forces

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What are dispersion forces?

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Result from the attraction of instantaneous partial positive and negative charges across molecules; they arise from temporary dipoles induced in atoms or molecules

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What are dispersion forces?

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Result from the attraction of instantaneous partial positive and negative charges across molecules; they arise from temporary dipoles induced in atoms or molecules

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How are dispersion forces present between two Helium atoms?

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They promote attractive interactions between induced partial positive charge in one He atom with the induced negative charge with the second He atom to form an overall neutral charge

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How are the temporary partial positive and negative charges between electrons produced?

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Asymmetric electron placement in the electron cloud via instantaneous dipole moments

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How do dispersion forces present in heavier molecules?

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Dispersion forces are stronger in heavier molecules because they have more electrons that can asymmetrical distributed to produce temporary dipoles

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Between He and Xe, which atom has stronger dispersion forces?

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Xe - because it has more electrons

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Molecules experiencing stronger dispersion forces have _____ boiling points

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Higher

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Which halogen will have the highest boiling point: Cl2 or Br2 or I2?

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I2 - it is the largest halogen in the group and has the most electrons (requires more energy to break the bond)

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Place the following compounds in order of increasing strength of intermolecular forces: CH4, CH3CH2CH3, CH3CH3

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CH4 < CH3CH3 < CH3CH2CH3

CH3CH2CH3 has the most atoms with the most electrons - will have the strongest dispersion force and highest boiling point

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What are dipole-dipole forces?

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Attractive interactions between polar molecules

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Why are dipole-dipole forces stronger than dispersion forces?

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The partial charges in molecules are greater than dispersion forces (and achieve dipole moments)

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Molecules with ____ polarity have stronger dipole-dipole forces

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greater (because they have more significant partial positive and partial negative charges)

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Which molecule would have stronger dipole interactions: CH3Cl or CH2Cl2?

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CH2CL2 will have stronger dipole interactions because Cl-C-Cl bonding will promote a stronger dipole moment than just C-Cl bonding

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A molecule that has dipole-dipole forces must also have what?

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Dispersion forces

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Dispersion forces are ____ than dipole-dipole forces

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Weaker

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Do dipole-dipole forces occur in nonpolar molecules?

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NO - must have at least one polar molecule

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Do dipole-dipole forces occur in polar molecules?

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YES - duh

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What is Hydrogen bonding?
When the electrostatic attraction between a partial (+) dipole on an H donor and a partial (-) dipole result in a hydrogen bond between two atoms
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Hydrogen bond donor is _____
the atom that is covalently bonded to H (gives the H to another electronegative atom)
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The N-H molecule bonds to an outside N atom, where N in the N-H bond is the Hydrogen bond _____.
Donor
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Hydrogen bond acceptor is ____
the atom that is not covalently bonded to H (the electronegative atom that accepts the H bonding)
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Hydrogen bonds are the _____
strongest dipole-dipole interactions
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Hydrogen bonds occur between ____
molecules that have a hydrogen bond donor and a molecule with a hydrogen bond acceptor
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When H bonds directly to F, O, or N - the bonding atoms acquire ____ partial charges
large (promotes dipole-dipole attractions between neighboring molecules)
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How many hydrogen bonds can water form?
4
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The ability to hydrogen bond ____ attraction between molecules
increases
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Hydrogen bonds have ____ boiling points than those who do not hydrogen bond
higher
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When a molecule can form hydrogen bonds, it will have stronger IM forces than a molecule of the ___ mass without an O-H present
same
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What intermolecular forces does CH2Cl2 have?
dispersion; dipole-dipole
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What IM forces does CH4 have?
dispersion
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What IM forces does water have?
dispersion; dipole-dipole; H-bonding
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Can CHO2H bond with itself and water?
Yes it can bond to both because it contains an Hydrogen acceptor and a Hydrogen donor
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What are the two types of structures that solids can form?
Crystalline or amorphous structures
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Amorphous solid
Lacks a regular arrangement of atoms
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Examples of amorphous solids
glass, rubber, and plastics
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Crystalline solid
Ordered internal structure
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Examples of Crystalline solids
Table salt, diamonds, ice
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Forces responsible for the stability of the crystal solid are _____
intermolecular forces
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Lattice structure
the internal structure of a crystalline solid
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Unit cells
basic repeating structural units in a lattice
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Most of the unit cell's atoms are shared by ____
neighboring unit cells
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How many atoms are found on the corners of the unit cells?
1/8 of an atom ( #of atoms on the corners x 1/8)
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How many atoms are found on the edges of the unit cells?
1/4 of an atom (# of atoms on the edges x 1/4)
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How many atoms are found on the faces of the unit cells?
1/2 of an atom (# of atoms on the face x 1/2)
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How many atoms are found directly in the middle of the unit cells?
whatever # of atoms are in the middle = # of atoms found (ie. 1 atom in the middle = 1 atom overall because they are not shared by other unit cells)
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Why do we care about unit cells?
The # of atoms in them can tell us the empirical formula of a chemical compound
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Phase changes are defined as _____
The transformation of one state of matter (or phase) to another
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When do phase changes occur?
When energy (heat) is added or removed from a substance
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Melting
solid -> liquid
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Vaporization
liquid -> gas
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Condensation
gas -> liquid
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Freezing
liquid -> solid
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Sublimation
solid -> gas
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Deposition
gas -> solid
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Endothermic phase changes are ___
melting (fusion), vaporization, sublimation (closer atom arrangement -> released)
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Exothermic phase changes are ____
condensation, freezing, deposition (looser atom arrangement -> closer)
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Phase diagrams
Demonstrates how the states of matter for a given molecule change as a function of its temperature and pressure
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When a molecule is changing from one phase to another ____
both phases coexist
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Sublimation curve
Where solid and gas are in equilibrium (where the solid and gas lines intersect)
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Fusion curve
Where solid and liquid are in equilibrium (where solid and liquid lines intersect) - establishes freezing point
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Vaporization curve
Where liquid and gas are in equilibrium (where liquid and gas lines intersect) - establishes boiling point
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Triple point
Where all three phases exist
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Critical point
Where the vaporization curve ends (in some phase diagrams)
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Single phase in the critical point
Supercritical fluid
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Solution
A homogenous mixture of 2 or more substances
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Solvent
Medium that the compound is dissolved in (present in the greatest quantity)
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Common example of a solvent
Water
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Solute
Compound that is dissolved in solvent
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Common example of solute
Salt/salt water
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Solubility
The amount of substance that will dissolve in a given amount of solvent at a specific temperature
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If the solute-solvent is stronger than solvent-solvent & solute-solute attraction, the solution process is ______.
Exothermic
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If the solute-solvent attraction is weaker than the solvent-solvent & solute-solute attraction, the solution process is ______.
Endothermic (but the solutes can still dissolve in a solvent because it is entropically favorable and increases disorder)
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Number #1 rule with the solution process?
Like dissolves like!
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Solutes with only dispersion forces will dissolve in a solvent with _____.
only dispersion forces
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The solution may or may not form if the solvent-solute interaction is ________ than solvent-solvent interactions.
weaker
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Ionic compounds usually dissolve only in _____ solvents.
polar
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Molecular compounds made of polar molecules usually dissolve best in ____ solvents.
polar
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Molecular compounds made of nonpolar molecules usually dissolve best in _____ solvents.
nonpolar
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Hydrogen bonding compounds dissolve best in ____ solvents.
hydrogen-bonding solvents
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Molarity (M)
amount of solute (mol)/volume of solution (L)
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Molality (m)
amount of solute (mol)/mass of solvent (kg)
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Mole fraction (x)
amount of solute (mol)/total amount of solute + solvent (mol)
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Mole percent (%)
amount of solute (mol)/total amount of solute + solvent (mol) x 100%
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Mass percent
mass solute/mass of total solution x 100%
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Unlike Molarity, Molality is _______ independent.
Temperature!!
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Solubility of solids increases with ______ in temperature
Increases
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Solubility of gases decreases with ____ in temperature
Increases
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Solubility of gases increases with ____ in pressure
Increases
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Solubility of liquids and solids is ______ by pressure
not impacted
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Solubility of gases decreases as you _____ the temperature
increase
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Henry's Law
the quantitative relationship between gas solubility and pressure (cgas = kH * Pgas)
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cgas
concentration of the gas in molarity (M)
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kH
Henry's law constant (unique to solute and associated with temp)
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Solubility of a gas in a liquid is ____ to the pressure of the gas over the solution
proportional
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Colligative properties
properties of solutions which are modified by the presence of solute molecules (which disrupt (but not react with) the intermolecular forces of the solvent)
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4 colligative properties***
vapor pressure, freezing point, osmotic pressure, boiling point
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Raoult's Law
Psolution = Xsolvent x Ppure solvent Decrease vapor pressure of pure solvent or decrease in moles= decrease in pressure of the solution
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For a pure solvent the mole fraction will always be ____.
1
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The mole fraction of a solution will be ______
less than 1
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The vapor pressure of the solution will always be _____ than it would be if no solute was present***
less
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Psolution
Pressure a vapor reaches in a sealed container once dynamic equilibrium is established
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remember we will always be interested in the vapor pressure of the _____.
solvent
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Vapor pressure lowering impacts the ______ and ____ points
boiling; freezing
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Vapor pressure _____ the boiling point
increases
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Vapor pressure ____ the freezing point
decreases
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Decrease in vapor pressure = _____ in energy to change phases
increase
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The freezing point ____ when solute is added to pure solvent
decreases
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Freezing point depression
Delta T = Tf pure - Tf sol = i Kf m
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For a molecular compound, i will always be _____.
1 (non-electrolyte solution)
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For an ionic compound, i will be the amount of _____ in a compound.
ions - electrolyte solution (ie. NaCl will produce an i number of 2)
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Boiling point elevation
Delta T = Tb solution- Tb pure solvent = i Kb m
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Boiling point of water
100 Celsius
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Freezing point of water
0 Celsius
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Pure water will generally have the _____ boiling point
lowest
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Pure water will generally have the ____ freezing point
highest
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Van't Hoff factor
the number of particles produced per formula unit (i)
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NaCl's Van't Hoff factor would be ___
i = 2 ; Na+ Cl- (2 particles produced)
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Measured Van't Hoff factors are often ____ than you might expect due to ion pairing in solution
lower
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Pure water will generally have the _____ freezing point
highest
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Pure water will have the _____ boiling point
lowest