Solubility Flashcards
What is solubility?
Concentration of a solute when the solvent has dissolved all that solute that it can at a given temperature.
What is solubility in reference to equilibrium?
Concentration of solute in a saturated solution at equilibrium.
What type of property is solubility?
Physical property
Miscible meaning.
Refers to a solute when it is a liquid. This solute can form a solution with a solvent over any concentration range.
What are the factors affecting solubility?
Temperature = principal factor
Pressure = unimportant in pharm. applications
Polarity (and hydrogen bonding)
Particle size
What is NOT a factor of solubility?
How fast a substance dissolves
What is heat of solution?
Overall energy exchange when a solute dissolves in a solvent
What is lattice energy?
energy released when one mole of ionic solid is formed from gaseous ions
What is heat of hydration?
Enthalpy change associated with dissolution of one mole of ion in water
Heat of solution equation.
∆Hsolution= ∆Hsolute + ∆Hhydration
∆Hsolute - always endo
What are the steps of solution formation?
- separation of solute particles
- separation of solvent particles
- mixing of solute and solvent particles.
Describe the separation of solute part. steps.
Attractive forces between solute part. are cleaved with energy
Describe the separation of solvent part. steps.
Attractive forces between solvent part. are cleaved with energy
endothermic
Describe the mixing of solute and solvent part.
solute and solvent particles create bonds which releases energy
exothermic
What is Hess’s law?
net enthalpy change is sum of the enthalphy change in each step
Relationship between boiling point and solubility.
higher melting point = lower solubility
Cis E isomer vs Trans Z isomer
Cis e isomer is more soluble
Cis e has lower melting points
Describe the solubility of strong electrolytes in water.
soluble
Describe the solubility of weak electrolytes in water.
often not soluble
Describe the solubility of non electrolytes in water.
little to no solubility.
What is dissolution?
The process by which solid solute enters into a solution in the presence of a solvent.
List the basis of dissolution.
diffusion layer model
noyes-whitney relationship
hixson-crowell cube-root relationship