Quiz #1 Flashcards
Substances with greater intermolecular attraction have greater or lesser surface tension?
Greater surface tension.
Describe surface tension:
A molecule near the center of a drop of water experiences no net intermolecular force because these forces operate in all directions and simple cancel out. On the other hand, a molecule near the surface of the droplet will experience a net inward force.
What fluid property allows an object having a greater density than the liquid to float on top of the liquid?
Surface tension
What law is involved when talking about blood vessels and aneurysms?
LaPlace’s Law
What measurement of a blood vessel does amount of surface/wall tension depend on?
Radius of the sphere or cylinder
If the diameter and pressure remain the same, does a sphere or a cylinder have more wall tension?
A cylinder has more wall tension. Approx 2 times as much wall tension as a sphere
Is wall tension directly or inversely related to the radius?
It is directly related. As radius increase, so does wall tension.
How are capillaries able to withstand high pressure with such thin walls?
Due to LaPlace’s Law, because the radius of capillaries is so small, the wall tension is much less than larger vessels.
How are arteries able to withstand such high wall tension?
Arteries have thick walls which helps combat the inherent wall tension from their large diameter
How do soaps/detergents work?
They work by breaking down the sruface tension of water
Which physical property of soap contributes to its ability to break surface tension of water?
Greasy tails on the non-polar head of the molecule
What is vapor pressure?
Liquid in a container will have molecules that turn into the gas form. This gas exerts a pressure in an enclosed space.
As temperature increases, what happens to vapor pressure?
Increases
What is a saturated vapor pressure?
The process of evaporation in a closed container will continue until there are as many molecules returning to the liquid as there are escaping. At this point, it is called saturated vapor pressure
What is the name for the temperature at which the vapor pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure?
Boiling point
At sea level, what vapor pressure is required to reach boiling point of a given liquid?
760mmHg or 760 torr
What is volatility?
The tendency of a liquid to evaporate
Does a more volatile liquid have a higher of lower vapor pressure?
Higher vapor pressure
Which anesthetic gas has the highest vapor pressure?
Desflurane
Which anesthetic gas has the lowest vapor pressure?
Sevoflurane
What is the vapor pressure of desflurane?
Isoflurane?
Sevoflurane?
Desflurane=669mmHg
Isoflurane=239mmHg
Sevoflurane=157mmHg
Which anesthetic gas requires a TEC 6 vaporizer?
Desflurane
How is the TEC 6 vaporizer different than a generic vaporizer?
A Tec 6 vaporizer heats the anesthetic gas to approximately 2atms and then is is added into the total patient flow
What is sublimation?
Solid to a gas
What is deposition?
Gas into a solid