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Physical Chemistry: Reactivity Flashcards

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1
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What is thermodynamics?

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The study of the way different types of energy interconvert.

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What is the system?

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The part of the world being studied.

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What are the surroundings?

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The rest of the world outside of the system.

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What can be measured about a system?

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The energy change of a system.

The energy of a system cannot be measured.

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What is an open system?

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A system where both matter and energy can be exchanged with the surroundings.

For example, a reaction taking place in a beaker.

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What is a closed system?

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A system that contains a fixed amount of matter but energy can be exchanged.

For example, a sealed reaction vessel.

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What is an isolated system?

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A system where there can be no exchange of energy or matter with the surroundings.

For example, a sealed, insulated vacuum flask.

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What is energy?

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The capacity to do work.

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How is work done?

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When moving against a force.

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What is the equation for work done?

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w = Fs

w = Work Done (J)
F = Force (N)
s = Distance (m)

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What is the internal energy?

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The total capacity for a system to do work.

It is denoted by the symbol, U.

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What is the intermolecular potential energy in an ideal gas?

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Zero.

This is because there are no forces between the molecules.

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What does the internal energy of an ideal gas depend on?

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Temperature, as the internal energy is purely kinetic.

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What is the internal energy of an ideal gas independent of?

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The volume.

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What is the first law of thermodynamics?

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Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be transformed from one form into another.

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If work is done by a system, what happens to its internal energy?

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It decreases.

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If work is done on a system, what happens to its internal energy?

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It increases.

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What is heat?

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Energy that flows from high-temperature objects to low-temperature objects.

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What is thermal equilibrium?

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Where there is no heat flow between two objects as they are the same temperature.

This is sometimes called the 0th law of thermodynamics.

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What is the molar heat capacity equation?

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q = nCΔT

q = amount of heat supplied (J)
n = amount of substance (mol)
C = molar heat capacity (J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹)
ΔT = change in temperature (K)

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How can the molar heat capacity be measured in gases?

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It can be measured in two ways: at a constant pressure (Cₚ) or constant volume (Cᵥ).

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What is the heat capacity of a substance related to?

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The number of degrees of freedom possessed by its molecules.

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What are the two types of work?

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Expansion work.

Non expansion work.

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What is expansion work?

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Involves a change in the volume of the system.

For example, the work done by a reaction with gaseous products.

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What is non-expansion work?

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Does not involve a change in volume of the system.

For example, the electrical work done by a battery.

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What is the irreversible constant pressure expansion equation?

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W = pₑₓΔV

W = work done (J)
pₑₓ = external pressure
ΔV = change in volume

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What corresponds to the area under a Boyle’s Law curve?

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The work done for an ideal gas expanding reversibly at a constant temperature.

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What is a statement of the second law of thermodynamics?

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A process must occur reversibly to do the maximum possible work.

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What is the equation of internal energy when work and heat are taken into account?

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ΔU = q + w

ΔU = change in internal energy
q = heat (it is positive if heat is supplied to the system and negative if heat is released by the system)
w = work (positive if work is done on the system, negative if work is done by the system).

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In an ideal gas, if the temperature is kept constant, what happens the internal energy.

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It remains constant too.

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What are the consequences of the first law of thermodynamics?

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Energy is conserved - heat and work are equivalent forms of energy.

For a system at constant volume, there is no expansion work.

Internal energy is a state function.

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What are state functions?

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Quantities such as pressure, volume, temperature which depend only on the state of the system.

If the system is changed from one state to another, the change in a state function is independent of how the change was brought about.

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What are path functions?

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Quantities like work and heat which depend on the path between the states.

Path functions depend on how the change was brought about.

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What is an intensive property?

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A property that does not depend on the quantity of the substance present.

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What is an extensive property?

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A property that depends on the quantity of the substance present.

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What is enthalpy?

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The heat change at a constant pressure.

37
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What is enthalpy defined as?

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H = U + pV

38
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What is the change in enthalpy equal to?

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ΔH = ΔU + pΔV
= q + w + pΔV
= q - pΔV + pΔV
= qₚ

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What is the heat transferred at a constant pressure (qₚ) equal to?

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qₚ = nCₚΔT

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What is an exothermic process?

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ΔH < 0, so heat is released from the system at constant pressure.

41
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What is an endothermic process?

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ΔH > 0, so that heat is absorbed by the system at constant pressure.

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What is the standard molar enthalpy of melting?

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The enthalpy change which occurs when 1 mol of a pure solid melts to form a liquid at its melting point and 1 bar pressure.

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What is the standard molar enthalpy of vapourisation?

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The enthalpy change which occurs when 1 mol of a pure liquid boils to form a gas at its boiling point and 1 bar pressure.

44
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What is Hess’s Law?

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The overall reaction enthalpy is the sum of the reaction enthalpies of the steps into which the reaction can be divided.

45
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What type of function is enthalpy?

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A state function.

This allows Hess’s law to be true, as its value is independent of the path chosen.

46
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What is the standard enthalpy of formation?

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The standard reaction enthalpy for the formation of a compound in its standard state from elements in their standard state.

47
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What is the standard enthalpy of for an element in its standard state?

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Zero.

48
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How is the enthalpy change for a reaction calculated?

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The sum of the enthalpy of the products - the sum of the enthalpy of the reactants.

49
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What is electrochemistry?

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The study of chemical reactions that take place at the surface of an electrode.

50
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What is an electrode?

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An electronic conductor which is immersed in an electrolyte.

51
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What is an electrolyte?

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An ionic conductor that is usually an ionic solution.

52
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What reactions occur at electrodes?

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Redox reactions.

53
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What is an electrochemical cell?

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Two electrodes in contact with an electrolyte.

54
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What is a galvanic cell?

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A cell that produces electricity when a spontaneous reaction takes place within the cell.

55
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What reaction occurs at the anode?

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Oxidation.

56
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What reaction occurs at the cathode?

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Reduction.

57
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What is an electrolytic cell?

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A cell where a non-spontaneous reaction is driven by an external current.

58
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What is a salt bridge?

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A tube which contains a concentrated salt solution. It allows ions to flow between the electrolytes.

59
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How many degrees of freedom does a molecule have?

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3 times the number of atoms.

60
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How many vibrational modes does a linear molecule have?

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3N - 5.

(Where N is the number of atoms)

61
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How many vibrational modes does a non-linear molecule have?

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3N - 6.

(Where N is the number of atoms)

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