States of Matter Flashcards
Physical Properties of Gases
- Highly Compressible
- Infinately Miscible
- Theramlly Expendable
- Low Density
Gases exert pressure on its environment because the molecules are in constant motion
Boyle’s Law
At constant temperature, pressure is inversly proportional to volume
P1V1 = P2V2
Charle’s Law
At constant presssure, volume is direcly proportional to temperature
V1/T1 = V2/T2
Avagadro’s Law
At constant pressure and temperature, volume is directly proportional to the nember of moles
V1/n1 = V2/n2
Ideal Gas Law
PV = nRT
Note: only applies for ideal gases
* Calculations for real gases must be accomidated for particle volume and interparticle attraction
Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressure
In a mixture of non-reacting gases, the total pressure is the sum of the partial pressure of the individual gases
P(a) +P(b) = P(total)
or
P(total) = n(total) x (RT/V)
or mole fraction
Mole Fraction
Gases
An alternative way to express Dalton’s law of partial pressure.
X(a) = P(a)/(P(total))
Kinetic Molar Theory of Gases (Name the 5 rules)
A model of an ideal gas developed to explain the behaviour of real gases
Gases are made up of particles with no defined volume
* The particle size is so small compared to the distance seperating them that their volume is considered to be neglible
Particles are in continuous, random motion
* They have kinetic energy
Particles move independantly and experience no interparticle forces
* No attraction/repulsion
* They don’t have potential energy
Particles colide with eachother and with the walls of the container
* Colisions are elastic (no net loss of energy)
The average kinetic energy is the same for all gases at a given temperature
* Kenetic energy is proportional to temperature
What is the calculation of pressure in one dimension? What about 3?
1D. P = F/A
3D. P = (2/3)x((n(N(a)(1/2)mu^2)/V)
u^2 = Mean of the square to the speeds
m = Mass of the particles
N(a) = Avagadro’s number
What’s the requirement to be an ideal gas? What happens if the gas is above or below that value?
(PV)/(nRT) = 1
If above, the effect of particle volume dominates
If below, the effect of interparticle attractions predominates
What are the two things that can happen in gasses that make them fail to comply with ideal gas law?
They can experience weak interparticle attraction
They can occupy a finite volume
Van der Waals Equation
The equation that takes into accunt the interparticel attraction and the volume occupied by gas particles
P = (nRT)/(V-nb) - a(n/V)^2
b = Correction to volume
a = Correction to interparticle attraction
When is ideal gas behaviour oberved?
At low pressures and at high temperatures
Sublimation
The transfer from a solid to a gas
Deposition
The transfer from a gas to a solid
True or False
The transfer from a solid to a liquid is an exothermic reaction
False
It’s Endothermic
(Melting ice in water makes the water colder)
What are the commercial uses of supercritical (SC) fluids?
- Caffine is extracted with it
- Fat is reduced with it
- Used in dry cleaning
What do you get under the combination fo the critical temperature (T(c)) and the critical pressure (P(c))?
A supercritical fluid
* This is very useful