WATER Flashcards
Water has a substantially higher what properties
boiling point, melting point, heat of vaporization, and surface tension
The properties of water suggest that
intermolecular forces of attraction between H2O molecules are high.
water’s maximum density is found in the liquid (not the solid) because?
water has an unusually high dielectric constant
is the crucial fact to understanding its properties of water
the unrivaled ability to form
hydrogen bonds
Covalent bond length of water molecules =
0.095 nm
van der Waals radius of hydrogen =
0.12 nm
van der Waals radius of oxygen =
0.14 nm
bond degree of water
104.3
this property renders the
water molecule distinctly polar.
Bent structure
What allows this substance to have anomalously high boiling point, melting point, heat of vaporization, and surface tension.
Source of the strong intermolecular attractions
The potential to form four H bonds per water molecule
power of H bonds between neighboring molecules
23 kJ/mol each
power of H-O covalent bonds
420 kJ/mol
water is an excellent solvent for ionic sub-stances because?
highly polar nature
sodium chloride is dissolved because dipolar water molecules participate in strong electrostatic interactions with the Na+ and Cl- ions, leading to the formation of
hydration shells
average lifetime of H bonds between water molecules is about
10 psec
Water’s ability to surround ions in di-pole interactions and diminish their attraction for each other is a measure of its
dielectric constant
formula for finding the force in relation to the dielectric constant
F = e1e2/Dr 2
Dielectric constant of liquid water
around 78.4