WATER Flashcards

1
Q

Water has a substantially higher what properties

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boiling point, melting point, heat of vaporization, and surface tension

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2
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The properties of water suggest that

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intermolecular forces of attraction between H2O molecules are high.

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3
Q

water’s maximum density is found in the liquid (not the solid) because?

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water has an unusually high dielectric constant

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4
Q

is the crucial fact to understanding its properties of water

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the unrivaled ability to form
hydrogen bonds

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5
Q

Covalent bond length of water molecules =

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0.095 nm

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6
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van der Waals radius of hydrogen =

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0.12 nm

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7
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van der Waals radius of oxygen =

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0.14 nm

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8
Q

bond degree of water

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104.3

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9
Q

this property renders the
water molecule distinctly polar.

A

Bent structure

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10
Q

What allows this substance to have anomalously high boiling point, melting point, heat of vaporization, and surface tension.
Source of the strong intermolecular attractions

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The potential to form four H bonds per water molecule

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11
Q

power of H bonds between neighboring molecules

A

23 kJ/mol each

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12
Q

power of H-O covalent bonds

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420 kJ/mol

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13
Q

water is an excellent solvent for ionic sub-stances because?

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highly polar nature

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14
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sodium chloride is dissolved because dipolar water molecules participate in strong electrostatic interactions with the Na+ and Cl- ions, leading to the formation of

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hydration shells

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15
Q

average lifetime of H bonds between water molecules is about

A

10 psec

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16
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Water’s ability to surround ions in di-pole interactions and diminish their attraction for each other is a measure of its

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dielectric constant

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17
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formula for finding the force in relation to the dielectric constant

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F = e1e2/Dr 2

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18
Q

Dielectric constant of liquid water

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around 78.4

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19
Q

Water Forms H Bonds with

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Polar Solutes

20
Q

The behavior of water toward nonpolar solutes

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Hydrophobic Interactions

21
Q

H-bonded water network rearranges toward formation of a local cage-like structure surrounding each solute molecule in hydrophobic interactions

A

clathrate

22
Q

allows the water molecules to retain their H-bonding possibilities because no H-bond donor or acceptor of the H2O is directed toward the caged solute

A

Straddling

23
Q

clathrate formation is accompanied by s

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significant ordering of structure or negative entropy.

24
Q

Compounds containing both strongly polar and strongly nonpolar groups are called

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Amphiphilic Molecules

25
Q

Amphiphilic Molecules are also known as

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amphipathic molecules

26
Q

Such clusters of amphipathic molecules are termed

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micelles

27
Q

This influence of the solute on water is reflected in a set of characteristic changes in behavior termed

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Colligative Properties

28
Q

The water molecules are moving from a region of _________ to a region of_________

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higher effective concentration ; lower effective concentration

29
Q

to minimize the osmotic pressure created by the contents of their cytosol, cells tend to store substances such as amino acids and sugars in

A

polymeric form.

30
Q

Used by plant and bacterial cell in order to resist osmotic pressures

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rigid cell walls

31
Q

Present in animal cell that is the reason why no net osmotic gradient is present

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extracellular fluid with relative osmotic pressure

32
Q

Water ionizes because the _________ strips the electron from one of its hydrogen atoms, leaving the proton to dissociate

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larger, strongly electronegative oxygen atom

33
Q

The amount of H3O+ or OH- in 1 L (liter) of pure water at 25°C is

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1 x 10^-7 mol;

34
Q

the molar concentration of H2O in pure water is

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55.5 M

35
Q

molecular weight of H2O

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18

36
Q

a Danish biochemist, devised the pH scale by defining pH as the negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration

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Søren Sørensen

37
Q

pH FORMULA

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pH = -log10 [H+]

38
Q

Substances that are almost completely dissociated to form ions in solution are called

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strong electrolytes.

39
Q

describes substances capable of generating ions in solution and thereby causing an increase in the electrical conductivity of the solution.

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electrolyte

40
Q

Substances with only a slight tendency to dissociate to form ions in solution are called

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weak electrolytes

41
Q

Describes the Dissociation
of a Weak Acid In the Presence of Its Conjugate Base

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Henderson–Hasselbalch Equation

42
Q

is the analytical method used to determine the amount of acid in a solution.

A

Titration

43
Q

are solutions that tend to resist changes in their pH as acid or base is added.

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Buffers

44
Q

Typically, a buffer system is composed of a

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weak acid and its conjugate base

45
Q

The pH of the extracellular fluid that bathes the cells and tissues of animals is maintained by the

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bicarbonate/carbonic acid (HCO3􀀂/H2CO3) system.

46
Q

Two buffer systems act to maintain intracellular pH

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the phosphate (HPO42􀀂/H2PO4􀀂) system and the histidine system.