Module 4 Flashcards
______ is a separation and purification technique employed to produce a wide variety of materials.
Crystallization
Examples of crystalline
materials:
a. Quartz
b. Salt (Himalayan salt)
c. Acetylsalicylic acid
(Aspirin)
d. Sugar
__________ may be defined as a phase change in which
a crystalline product is obtained from a __________
Crystallization; homogeneous
phase.
A crystal may come from any of the following homogeneous phases:
1. A liquid ______ consisting of a solvent (liquid) and a solute (solid) at the condition of interest.
solution
A crystal may come from any of the following homogeneous phases:
2. A _________ , which is a material that is solid at normal conditions but becomes a molten liquid when heated.
melt
Crystallization may be defined as a phase change in which
a crystalline product is obtained from homogeneous
phase. 3. A gaseous mixture; i.e., a solution of a solid in a ________
supercritical fluid
Crystallization can be regarded as a self-assembly process in
which randomly organized molecules in a fluid come together
to form an _________
ordered three-dimensional molecular array with a
periodic repeating pattern.
Crystallization is vital to many processes: both ________ and
.
natural; man-made
Crystals are solids in which
the atoms, ions, or molecules
are arranged in a ______
repeating pattern that
extends in ________.
periodic; three dimensions
All crystals are ________ but not all
solids are crystals. Materials that have short-range ordering are described as _______ solids.
solids; amorphous
A crystal can be represented as a geometric point lattice –
a set of points arranged so that each point has identical
surroundings.
Unit cell
The lengths and angles in
a lattice point system are
known as ________.
lattice
parameters
A single cell constructed
using the parameters is
called a ___________.
unit cell
The representation of planes
in a lattice makes use of
______________.
Miller indices {hkl}
If a plane is parallel to a
given axis, the Miller index
is __________.
zero
Negative indices are
written with ________ over
them
bars
Step 1:
Identify the __________ on the x-,y-,z- axes
intercepts
Step 2: Specify the intercepts in ________ co-ordinates
fractional
Step 3:
Take the _________ of the fractional intercepts
reciprocals
While it seems possible that a number of different lattice
arrangements and unit cells can be constructed, Bravais in
1848, showed that only ____ possible point lattices can be
constructed.
14
These 14 point lattices can be divided into _____ crystal
systems.
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Simple/Primitive (P) Crystal systems
Triclinic
Monoclinic
Orthorhombic
Tetragonal
Cubic
Trigonal/rhombohedral
Hexagonal
Body Centered (I) systems
Orthorhombic
Tetragonal
Cubic
Face Centered (F) systems
Orthorhombic
Cubic
Base Centered (C) systems
Monoclinic
Orthorhombic
Cubic (axial relationships)
a = b = c
Cubic (interaxial angles)
alpha = beta = gamma = 90
Hexagonal (axial relationships)
a = b =/= c
Hexagonal (interaxial angles)
alpha = beta = 90, gamma = 120
Tetragonal (axial relationships)
a = b =/= c
Tetragonal (interaxial angles)
alpha = beta = gamma = 90
Rhombohedral (axial relationships)
a = b = c
Rhombohedral (interaxial angles)
alpha = beta = gamma =/= 90
Orthorhombic (axial relationships)
a =/= b =/= c
Orthorhombic (interaxial angles)
alpha = beta = gamma = 90
Monoclinic (axial relationships)
a =/= b =/= c
Monoclinic (interaxial angles)
alpha = gamma = 90 =/= beta
Triclinic (axial relationships)
a =/= b =/= c
Triclinic (interaxial angles)
alpha =/= beta =/= gamma = 90
Amorphous state: atoms or molecules possess no ______, and are organized in essentially a random arrangement.
long-range periodicity
Amorphous state is considered as the ______ of a crystalline material.
antithesis
For amorphous materials,
the diffraction pattern
would exhibit a broad _____
with ______
maximum.
halo; few or a single
Crystalline materials
would have characteristic
__________ peaks that
correspond to the
different ________ planes
within the crystal lattice.
diffraction; symmetry
________ are restricted in a crystalline solid – ______ systems
and less susceptible to chemical degradation.
Molecules; static
The area of research involved in understanding the true
nature of crystals and how they are identified based on
knowledge of crystal’s internal structure.
Crystallography
Law that shows the crystal identification using the XRD where the angle of the incident x-ray is equal to the diffracted x-ray angle.
Bragg’s Law
Constructive interference occurs when n*pi = ______ for Bragg’s Law.
2dsin(theta)
Different crystal
forms of the same
compound will exhibit
_______ XRD spectra
different
The development, design, and control of a crystallization
process involve knowledge of a number of the properties
of the solution.
* As an example, ________ provides the concentration at which the
solid solute and the liquid solution are at equilibrium.
solubility
The solubility data allows calculation of the _______ accompanying a change of state from one concentration to another in which crystals form.
maximum yield of product crystals
Mass balance plays an important part on crystallization
process design, development, and experimentation;
however, it tells us nothing about the ______ at which the
crystals form and the _____ required to obtain this amount
of solid.
rate; time
Crystallization is a rate process, depending on a driving
force called __________ .
supersaturation
The amount of solute required to make a saturated solution at a given condition is called ___________.
solubility
The solubility of materials depends on_______. The information provided by solubility is vital in crystallization processes.
temperature
_________ solubility is seen to have a relatively weak
temperature dependence. _______, by contrast, have really high temperature dependence.
Sodium chloride; Potassium nitrate
The solubility of common salts is important because it will determine the amount of ______ required to yield a given amount of product
and whether ________ will provide a reasonable product yield
cooling
Curve 1 (e.g. KNO3): ↑T, ↑solubility: ________ a solution is preferred for
those with steep slopes
Cooling
Curve 2 (e.g. NaCl) Solubility is almost independent of T; _________ of solution is preferred
Evaporation
Curve 3 (e.g. MnSO4∙H2O) : ↓T, ↑sol.
* _________ solubility curve
Inverted
The solubility of a compound in a particular solvent is part
of the system phase behavior and can be described graphically by a ________.
phase diagram
In phase diagrams of solid-liquid equilibria, the _________ of the solid is usually plotted versus .
mass fraction; temperature
The line abcdef is the saturation line that defines a _______ at a given temperature
saturated solution
Line ab is the solubility line for the
_____ (when a solution in this region is cooled, _____ crystallizes out and is in equilibrium with the solution)
solvent; ice
Point b is the _________ (at this point both ______ will separate as solids)
eutectic point; ice and MgSO4
The curve bcdf represents the solubility curve of ________
MgSO4
A solution in which the
solute concentration
exceeds the equilibrium
(saturation) solute
concentration at a given
temperature is known
as a ________.
supersaturated
solution