Unit 3 Flashcards
What are industrial processes designed to do?
Maximise profit and minimise the impact on the environment
Environmental considerations of industrial processes
-Minimise waste
-avoid the use or production of toxins substances
-designing products which will biodegrade if appropriate
Factors influencing industrial process design
-availability, sustainability and cost of feedstock (s)
-opportunities for recycling
-energy requirements
-marketability of by-products
-product yield
Feedstock
a chemical used to make other chemicals
Raw material
a substance that is removed from the planet and processes to make the feedstock
by-product
a product also made in the reaction which isn’t the main desired product
What is percentage yield?
The percentage of product you made compared to how much you should have made
% yield=actual yield/theoretical yield x100
How can percentage yield be improved?
-avoid wastage
-use more pure reactants (as reactants contain impurities)
-use the most accurate equipment for our measurements
What is atom economy?
A measure of the proportion of reactant materials/converted in the final desired product
AT=mass of desired product/total mass of reactants x100
Excess calculations
-In a chemical reaction with more than one reactant
-A reaction stops when one of the reactants is used up
-There is (almost always) a reactant which there is far too much of—>in excess
-In order to ensure that costly reactant(s) are converted into product, an excess of less costly reactant(s) can be used
-The other reactant dictated how much product is made and the one we use for mole ration—>limiting reagent
What is the molar volume of a gas?
Its volume per mile (litres per mol)
Same for all gases at the same temperature and pressure
Value is temperature and pressure dependent
mv=V/n
Why do reaction rates have to be controlled in industrial processes?
If the rate is too low then the process will not be economically viable
If the rate is too high there will be a risk of explosion
What are the conditions required for chemical reactions to go ahead to form products
Particles collide with each other
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-collisions have enough energy
-correct orientation
COLLISION THEORY
5 ways to change rate of reaction
-particle size/surface area
-concentration
-temperature
-pressure (gases only)
-using catalysts
What happens when the Surface area is changed?
increase surface area—>speed of reaction increases
more surface area—>bigger area for collisions to occur
What happens when the Concentration is changed?
increase concentration—>speed of reaction increases
more particles—>more collisions—> more successful collisions
Reaction progresses—>reactants get used up—>less possible collisions—> rate decreases
What happens when the Temperature is changed?
Temperature increases—>speed of reaction increases
higher temperatures—>more energy—>faster movement—>more successful collisions
kinetic energy is increased—>pushing more molecules over the activation energy and increasing the speed of reaction
What happens when the Pressure is changed?
Pressure increases—>spread of reaction increases
high pressure—>smaller space—> more collisions—>more successful collisiobs
What is enthalpy?
-Energy stored in the bonds of molecules
-Enthalpy must be involved when a chemical reaction proceeds
-A measure of the chemical energy in a substance
-For industrial processes chemists must be able to predict the enthalpy change
-Endo may be costly as heat energy must be supplied
-Exo can lead to thermal explosions if heat energy is not removed preventing a rise in temp
Graph-reactant lower than product
The reactants need extra energy to equal the energy of the products so have to take energy from around it
-endothermic +
Graph-reactants higher than products
The reactants have too much energy to make the products so they have to disperse it
-exothermic -