Final Flashcards
Reaction mechanism
sequence of steps that sum to give the overall reaction
diffusion
the spread of one substance throughout a space or throughout a second substance
effusion
escape of gas molecules through a tiny hole into an evacuated space
Dispersion forces
- more electrons, bigger molecule, stronger attractions
- bigger surface area, more disperson forces
catalyst
speeds up reaction, lower activation energy
Le Chatelier principle
states that when a stress is applied to a system at equilibrium, the system will respond by shifting in the direction that minimizes at equilibrium by any of the following means
Molecules exhibiting hydrogen bonding
H - O: water, alcohols, -OH
H - N: amines
h - F
high boiling points
Properties of liquids
vapor pressure: tendency of a molecule to have enough KE to escape into the gas phase
Pvap increases with temperature
Pvap increases until rate of evaporation equals the rate of condensation
weak IMFs, higher vapor pressure
Pvap increases until evaporation rate = condensation rate /with temperature
surface tension
the amount of energy requires to stretch or increase the surface oif a liquid by a unit area
The stronger the IMF, the higher the surface tension
capillary action
the movement of a liquid up a narrow tube
cohesion
attraction between like molecules
adhesion
is the attraction between unlike molecules
dipole-dipole interactions
attractive forces that act between polar molecules
the larger the dipole, the larger the attractive force
Hydrogen bonding
molecules that contain H bonded to a small, highly electronegative atom, such as N, O, or F
Ion-dipole interactions
attractions between ions and polar molecules
magnitude of ion-dipole interactions depends on the charge and the size of the ion, and on the dipole moment and size of the polar molecule
-Cations generally interact more strongly with dipoles than anions (of the same magnitude charge) because they tend to be smaller
misicible
two liquids are said to be miscible if they are completely soluble in each other in all proportions
Coordination number
the number of atoms surrounding an atom in a crystal lattice
-indicates how tightly packed the atoms are
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Unit cell
basic repeating structural unit of a crystalline solid
simple cubic
8 corner atoms, CN=6
1 EQUIVALENT ATOM
Body centered
8 corner atoms
CN=8
2 equivalent atoms
Face centered cubic
CN=12
4 equivalent atoms
saturated solution
one that contains the maximum amount of a solute that will dissolve in a solvent at a specific temperature
solubility
the amount of solute dissolved in a given volume of a saturated
unsaturated solution
one that contains less solute than it has the capacity to dissolve
supersaturated solution
contains more dissolved solute than is present in a saturated solution. Generally not stable, and eventually the dissolved solute will come out of solution.
Ion-dipole
the charge of an ion is attracted to the partial charge on a polar molecule ex. NaCl or KI in H2O