Solutions Test Week 8 Flashcards
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SOLUTION DEFINITION
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- A mixture where the particles of a solute are homogeneously spread amongst the particles of a solvent, the major compete of the mixture by mass
- Can be solid (brass, bronze)
- Can be liquid (sea water or gaseous)
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AQUEOUS SOLUTION
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- Liquid solutions were the solvent is water
- Formation; two opposing processes – dissolving and crystallizing
- As solute dissolves the solution concentration INCREASES
- As solute crystallizes it returns some of the dissolved solute to the sold, REDUCING the solute concentration
- When speed of two opposing processes is equal, then the solute concentration is at a MAXIMUM and solution is SATURATED
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SOLUBILITY
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- Solubility of a solute is often give as the mass that can dissolve in 100 grams of water
- Solids are INCREASING SOLUBLE with increasing temperature
- Cerium (II) Sulfate is an exception; becomes less soluble with increasing temperature
- Gases are LESS SOLUBLE with increasing temperature
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SATURATED SOLUTION
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- Solute can continue to dissolve in water until its solution becomes saturated (contains as much dissolved solute as its solubility at that temperature allows
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UNSATURATED SOLUTION
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- Further solute may be added to a saturated solution, and if it does dissolve then this shows the solution is unsaturated
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SUPER SATURATED SOLUTION
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- Contains more dissolved solute than the solutes solubility at that temperature will normally allow
- One way to do this is produce a saturated solution at a higher temperature and then cool the solution
- The cooler solution will be super saturated
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STRONG ELECTROLYTES
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- When these dissolve in water they are entirely present (or mostly) as independent mobile ions
- All ionic compounds are strong electrolytes
- Covalent molecular compounds that are STRONG acids are strong electrolytes
- HCl, H2SO4, HNO3
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WEAK ELECTROLYTES
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- When these dissolve in water they are partly present as independent mole ions (mostly as molecules)
- Covalent molecules that are WEAK ACIDS OR BASS
- CH3COOH, H2S, H2CO2, H2SO3 and NH3
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NON ELECTROLYTES
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- When these dissolve in water they don’t produce ions
- They are entirely present as molecules
- Most covalent molecules are non-electrolytes
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EQUATIONS OF SOLVATION
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- Dissociation
- Ionisation
- Single Arrow
- Double Arrow
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DISSOCIATION
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- When an ionic electrolyte dissolves, the ions present within the ionic solid are released into water to form a solution of independent ions
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IONISATION
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- Formation of ions by a molecular electrolyte, during ionization molecules of an electrolyte react with water to form ions not originally present within the substance
- Ionization and Dissociation result in a solution that contains independent mobile electrons
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SINGLE ARROW
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- Shows ionization or dissociation goes to completion (strong electrolyte
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DOUBLE ARROW
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- Shows the reaction doesn’t go to completion, i.e. Significant concentration of ions and molecules are present, as weak electrolytes tend to recombine to reform the original molecules and not fully ionize/disassociate
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ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY IN A SOLUTION
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- Conductivity depends on the ability of positive ions to move freely towards the negative electrode while negative ions move freely towards the positive electrode
- Greater concentration of ions in a solutions, the greater is its ability to conduct a current
- Strong electrolytes always produce a more conducting solution, than weak of the same concentration
- Non-electrolytes always produce non-conducting solutions
- Pure water is a non-conductor of electricity (when an electrolyte dissolves in water the resulting mobile ions allow the solution to conduct a current)