PROPERTIES OF WATER Flashcards
5 PROPERTIES OF WATER
- Water as solvent
- Adhesion and cohesion
- Density
- Specific heat capaticy
- Heat vaporization
Water molecules are also attracted to other polar molecules and to ions.
water as solvent
A charged or polar substance that interacts with and dissolves in water is said to be
hydrophilic
hydro means:
philic means:
water
loving
refers to the attraction of molecules for other molecules of the same kind
cohesion
refers to the attraction of molecules for other molecules of a different kind.
adhesion
the mass per unit volume of a substance
density
is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius.
specific heat capacity
it also takes an unusual amount of heat to vaporize a given amount of water, because hydrogen bonds must be broken in order for the molecules to fly off as gas.
heat vaporization
the amount of energy needed to change one gram of a liquid substance to a gas at constant temperature.
heat vaporization