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Gas and Solution Vocab Flashcards

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Acid rain

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a result of air pollution by sulfur dioxide

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Air pollution

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= contamination of the atomosphere, mainly by the gaseous products of transportation and
production of electricity

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atmosphere

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= the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth’s surface

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avagadro’s law

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= equal volume of gasses at the same temperature and pressure contain the same
number of particles

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Barometer

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a device for measuring atmospheric pressure

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Boyle’s law

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= the volume of a given sample of gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the
pressure

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Charl’es Law

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= the volume of a given sample of gas at constant pressure is directly proportional to the
temperature in kelvins

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Coagulation

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= the destruction of a colloid by causing particles to aggregate and settle out

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Colligative properties

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= properties of a solution that depend only on the number, and not on the
identity, of the solute particles

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Colloid

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a suspension of particles in a dispersing medium

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Dalton’s law of partial pressure

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= for a mixture of gases in a container, the total pressure exerted is the
sum of the pressures that each gas would exert if it were alone

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Desalination

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the removal of dissolved salts from an aqueous solution

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Dialysis

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a phenomenon in which a semipermeable membrane allows transfer of both solvent
molecules and small solute molecules and ions

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Diffusion

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= the mixing of gases

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Effusion

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the passage of a gas through a tiny orifice into an evaluated chamber

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Graham’s Law of Effusion

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the rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the
mass of its particles

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Heat of hydration

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= the enthalpy change associated with placing gaseous molecules or ions in water; the
sum of the energy needed to expand the solvent and the energy released from the solvent-solute
interaction

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Heat of solution

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= the enthalpy change associated with dissolving a solute in a solvent; the sum of the
energies needed to expand both solvent and solute in a solution and the energy release from the
solvent-solute solution

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Henry’s law

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= the amount of a gas dissolved in a solution is directly proportional to the pressure of the
gas above the solution

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Ideal gas law

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an equation of state for a gas, where the state of the gas is its condition at a given time;
this equation expresses behavior approached by real gases at high T and low P

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Ideal Solution

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a solution whose vapor pressure is directly pro-portional to the mole fraction of solvent
present

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Ion paring

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a phenomenon occurring in solution when oppositely charged ions aggregate and behave as a single particle

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Isotonic solutions

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solutions having identical osmotic pressure

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Kinetic Molecular Theory (KTM)

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a model that assumes that an ideal gas is composed of tiny particles
(molecules) in constant motion.

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Manometer

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A device for measuring the pressure of a gas in a container

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Millimeters of mercury

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a unit of pressure, also called a torr, 760 mm Hg = 760 torr = 101,325
Pa = 1 standard atmosphere.

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Molal boiling point elevation constant

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a constant characteristic of a particular solvent that gives the
change in boiling point as a function of solution molality; used in molecular weight determination

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Molal freezing point elevation constant

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a constant characteristic of a particular solvent that gives the
change in freezing point as a function of solution molality; used in molecular weight determination

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Molality

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the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent in a solution (n/kg)

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Molar Volume

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the volume of one mole on an ideal gas; equal to 22,4 liters at STP

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Mole Fraction

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the ration of the number of moles of a given component in a mixture to the total number of moles in the mixture

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Normality

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The number of equivalents of a substance dissolved in a liter of solution X Molarity

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Osmosis

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the flow of solvent into a solution through a semipermeable membrane

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Osmotic pressure

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the pressure that must be applied to a solution to stop osmosis; π = MRT

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Partial Pressure

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the independent pressures exerted by different gases in a mixture

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Pascal

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= the SI unit of pressure; equal to newtons per meter squared

37
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Photochemical smog

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= air pollution produced by the action of light on oxygen, nitrogen oxides, and
unburned fuel from auto exhaust to form ozone and other pollutants

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Raolt’s law

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he vapor pressure of a solution is direclty proportional to the mole fraction of solvent present

39
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Reverse Osmosis

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the process occurring when the external pressure on a solution causes a net flow of
solvent through a semi-permeable membrane from the solution to the solvent

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Root mean square velocity

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= the square root of the average of the squares of the individual velocities of
gas particles

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Semipermeable membrane

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a membrane that allows solvent but non-solute molecules to pass through

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Standard atmosphere

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a unit of pressure equal to 760 mmHg

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Standard temperature and pressure (STP)

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= the condition 0°C and 1 atmosphere of pressure

44
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Thermal pollution

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= the oxygen-depleting effect on lakes and rivers of using water for industrial cooling
and returning it to its natural source at a higher temperature

45
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Torr

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another name for millimeter of mercury (mmHg)

46
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Tyndall effect

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the scattering of light by particles in a suspension

47
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Universal gas constant

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= the combined proportionality constant in the ideal gas law; 0.08206 L · atm/K ·
mol or 8.3145 J/K · mol

48
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Van der Waals Equation

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a mathematical expression for describing the behavior of real gases

49
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Van Hoff factor

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the ratio of moles of particles in solution to moles of solute dissolved

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