Ionic Bonding and s-Block Chemistry- Approaches to Ionic Bonding Flashcards
What holds together ionic solids
- By electrostatic interactions between cations and anions
2. The ions are assumed to be hard spheres with fixed sizes
How can the distance between the centres of two ions in an ionic solid be meastures
- Using X-ray crystallography
Why is it difficult to determine the values of individual ionic radii from internuclear distance
- It is hard to tell at exactly what point the electron density of the cation stops and that of the anion starts
Describe the trends in ionic radii
- Anions generally bigger than cations
- Ionic radii increase down a group with increasing PQN
- Cations get smaller with increasing charge
- Anions get bigger with increasing charge
What can Born-Haber cycle be used for
- Allows the enthalpy of formation of an ionic compound to be broken down into discrete steps
Define Lattice enthalpy of formation of NaCl
- ΔfH°(NaCl) is the enthalpy change of formation of NaCl
- It is the change in enthalpy when one mole of sodium chloride is formed in a reaction between the elements in their standard states
Define enthalpy change of atomisation of sodium
- ΔaH°(Na) is the enthalpy change of atomisation of sodium
2. It is the change in enthalpy when one mole of sodium metal is converted into one mole of sodium gas
Define the first ionisation enthalpy for sodium
- ΔiH(1)°(Na) is the first ionisation enthalpy for sodium
2. It is the change in enthalpy when one mole of sodium gas is converted into one mole of sodium cations
Define enthalpy change of atomisation of chlorine
- ΔaH°(Cl) is the enthalpy change of atomisation of chlorine
- It is the change in enthalpy when half a mole of Cl2 is converted into one mole of Cl gas.
- ΔaH°(Cl) is half the Cl-Cl bond dissociation enthalpy
Define the electron gain enthalpy of chlorine
- ΔegH°(Cl)
- It is the change in enthalpy when a mole of Cl gas is converted into one mole of Cl- ions
- ΔegH°(Cl) is minus the electrons affinity of chlorine
Define lattice enthalpy
- The enthalpy change for the conversion of one mole of the ionic solid into the gaseous ions
- They are always positive
How can you work out a missing value in a born haber cycle
- Lattice= atomisation + ionisation + atomisation + electron gain - formation
How can a theoretical value for lattice energy be obtained for ionic models
- The energy change when the gaseous ions come together to form an ionic solid comes from the electrostatic interactions between the ions
- By considering all the electrostatic interactions present in an ionic solid, you can obtain a theoretical value for the lattice energy
What is the difference between lattice enthalpy and energy
- Calculations based on the interactions between ions give internal energy changes DU rather than enthalpy changes DH
- DH is the heat change at constant pressure whereas DU is the heat change at constant volume
- DH = DU + pV
- The difference is normally relatively small and can usually be ignored- only lose a bit of accuracy
What does each part of this equation for lattice energy represent DU=(-Z+Z-e^2)/4piE0r and what can this be used for
- A= Madelung constant
- Z+ and Z- are positive integers equal to the charges on the ions
- r= distance between the ions (metres)
- E0= is the permittivity of a vacuum - constant
- Used if only one cation + anion interacting
- Lattice energy is negative of the potential energy from this equation