Chemistry Test One – Flashcards
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| Dispersion Forces |
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| Random electron motion produces an unbalanced charge distribution producing a temporary dipole |
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| Halogens |
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| Fluorine chlorine bromine iodine |
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| dispersion forces occur for |
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| all particles |
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| the relative strength of dispersion forces depend on |
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| the polarizability of the particle |
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| polarizability depends on |
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| the number of electrons and the shape of the particles |
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| the total number of energy levels produced equals the |
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| total number of orbitals used |
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| the hydrogen bond is a special case of |
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| dipole dipole interaction |
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| DNA is an example of ____ bonding |
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| hydrogen |
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| a solution is a ______ mixture |
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| homogeneous |
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| the solubility is the |
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| maximum amount of solute that will dissolve in a fixed quantity of solvent |
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| miscible: |
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| soluble in each other in all portions |
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| immiscible: |
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| not soluble in any portions |
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| saturated: |
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| all it can hold |
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| unsaturated: |
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| can hold more |
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| supersaturated: |
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| more than it can hold |
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| molarity (M) equation |
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| mol of solute / L of solution |
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| molality (m) equation |
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| mol of solute / mass (kg) of solvent |
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| parts by mass equation |
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| mass of solute / mass of solution |
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| parts by volume equation |
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| volume of solute / volume of solution |
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| mole fraction equation |
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| mol of solute / (mol of solute + mol of solvent) |
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| substances with similar types of intermolecular forces ____ in each other |
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| dissolve |
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| solute particles separate from each other |
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| endothermic |
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| solvent particles separate from each other |
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| endothermic |
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| solute and solvent particles mix |
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| exothermic |
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| solvation of ions by water is always |
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| exothermic |
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| the idea of energy was first developed by |
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| clausius |
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| solubility of gases usually decrease with |
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| temperature |
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| henry's law |
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| solubility of gases in a liquid is proportional to the pressure of the gas over the liquid |
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| Boiling point elevation DTb = |
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| Kbm |
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| Freezing point depression DTf = |
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| Kfm |
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| Osmotic Pressure Equation |
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| pie = M R T where M is the molarity, R is the ideal gas law constant and T is the Kelvin temperature |
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| symbol of osmotic pressure is |
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| pie |
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| The van’t Hoft factor, i, tells us |
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| hat the “effective” number of ions are in the solution. |
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| i = |
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| measured value for electrolyte solution/ expected value for nonelectrolyte solution |
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| Four factors can be controlled during the reaction |
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| 1. Concentration - molecules must collide to react; 2. Physical state - molecules must mix to collide; 3. Temperature - molecules must collide with enough energy to react; 4. The use of a catalyst. |
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| reaction rate - |
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| changes in the concentrations of reactants or products per unit time |
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| reactant concentrations ______ while product concentrations _____ |
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| decrease; increase |
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| Rate = |
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| k [A]^m [B]^n k = rate constant m = order of reaction in A n = order of reaction in B m+n = overall order of reaction |
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| Collision Theory |
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| Chemical Reactions occur during collisions |
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| The Collision must be effective: |
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| 1. Have enough energy to produce the reaction 2. Have the correct orientation to produce the reaction |
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| Transition state theory (TST) explains |
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| the reaction rates of elementary chemical reactions. The theory assumes a special type of chemical equilibrium (quasi-equilibrium) between reactants and activated transition state complexes |
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| A complex reaction can proceed by a series of _____ ______ |
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| elementary reactions |
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| The rate of reaction is often determined by one slow step |
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| (rate-determining or rate- limiting step). |
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| Homogeneous Catalysts |
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| They are in the same phase as the reactants (usually liquid) |
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| Homogeneous Catalysts are Often |
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| acids, bases, transition metal complexes |
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| Heterogeneous Catalysts |
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| Catalyst is in a different phase from the reactants (usually solid) |
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| ____ are considered Heterogeneous Catalysts |
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| Enzymes |
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| phase |
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| each physical state |
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| potential energy in the form of intermolecular forces tends to |
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| draw the molecules together |
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| kinetic energy associated with the random motion of molecules tends to |
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| disperse the molecules |
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| intramolecular forces exists |
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| within each molecule |
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| intermolecular forces exist |
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| between each molecule |
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| gas compressibility is |
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| high |
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| liquid compressibility is |
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| very low |
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| solid compressibility is |
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| almost none |
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| gas ability to flow |
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| high |
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| liquid ability to flow |
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| moderate |
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| solid ability to flow |
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| almost none |
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| gas to liquid |
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| condensation |
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| liquid to gas |
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| vaporization |
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| liquid to solid |
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| freezing |
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| solid to liquid |
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| fusion or melting |
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| gas to solid |
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| deposition |
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| solid to gas |
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| sublimation |
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| exothermic changes |
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| condensing, freezing and depositing |
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| endothermic changes |
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| melting, vaporizing and subliming |
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| heating cooling curve shows |
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| the change in temperature of a sample when heat is absorbed or released at a constant rate |
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| symbol for heat |
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| q |
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| within a phase, heat flow |
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| is accompanied by a change in temperature |
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| during a phase change heat flow |
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| occurs at a constant temperature |
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| liquid gas open system |
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| nonequilibrium process |
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| liquid gas closed system |
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| equilibrium process |
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| dynamic equilibrium |
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| the rate of condensation equals the rate of vaporization, form this point forwards the pressure is constant |
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| temperature has a major effect on water vapor because |
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| it changes the fraction of molecules moving fast enough to escape the liquid and, by the same token, the fraction moving slow enough to be recaptured |
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| the _____ the temperature, the ____ the vapor pressure |
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| higher; higher |
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| the ______ the intermolecular forces, the _____ the vapor pressure |
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| weaker; higher |
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| boiling point is |
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| the temperature at which the vapor pressure equals the external pressure |
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| the boiling point depends on the |
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| applied pressure |
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| melting point is |
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| the temperature at which the melting rate equals the freezing rate |
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| water expands upon |
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| freezing |
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| bonding forces are relatively strong because |
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| larger charges are closer together |
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| intermolecular forces are relatively weak because |
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| smaller charges are farther apart |
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| what force takes place when an ion dissolves in water |
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| ion dipole force |
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| ion dipole force |
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| when an ion and a nearby polar molecule attract |
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| dipole-dipole force |
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| the positive pole of one molecule attracts the negative pole of another |
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| Hydrogen bond |
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| when an H molecule bonds with an O, N or F molecule |
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| boiling points rise with |
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| increased molar mass |
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| polarizability |
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| how easily the electron cloud of an atom can be distorted |
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| smaller particles are _____ polarizable than larger ones |
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| less |
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| polarizability increases |
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| down a group because atomic size increases |
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| (larger/smaller) electron clouds are easier to distort |
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| larger |
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| polarizability decreases |
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| across a period |
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| Dispersion force |
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| intermolecular force responsible for the condensed states of nonpolar substances |
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| dispersion forces are present in |
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| all atoms, ions and molecules because they are caused by the motion of electrons in an atom |
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| an interior molecule is attracted by others |
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| on all sides |
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| a surface molecule is attracted by |
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| other below and to the sides, so it experiences a net attraction downward |
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| forces in CH3CH2OCH2CH2 |
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| dipole-dipole and dispersion |
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| forces in CH3CH2OH |
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| H bonding |
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| Forces in CH3CH2CH2CH2OH |
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| H bonding and dispersion |
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| Forces in H2O |
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| H bonding |
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| Forces in Hg |
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| metallic bonding |
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| viscosity |
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| the resistance of fluid to flow |
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| viscosity decreases with |
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| heat |
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| surface tension is |
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| a measure of the energy required to increase a liquid's surface area |
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| capillary |
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| the rising of a liquid through a narrow space |
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| viscosity depends on |
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| molecular shape |
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| the great solvent power of water results from its |
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| polarity and h bonding ability |
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| crystalline solids have |
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| well defined shapes because of their particles occur in an orderly arrangement |
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| amorphous solids have |
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| poorly defined shapes because their particles lack an orderly arrangement |
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| examples of amorphous solids |
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| rubber and glass |
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| the centers of 8 identical particles define the corners of a cube |
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| simple cubic unit cell |
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| the simple cubic unit cell has a coordination number of |
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| 6 |
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| coordination number |
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| number of nearest neighbors of a particle |
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| identical particles lie at each corner and at the center of the cube |
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| body centered cubic unit cell |
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| the body centered cubic unit cell has a coordination number of |
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| 8 |
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| identical particles lie at each corner and in the center of each face but not in the center of each cube |
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| face centered cubic unit cell |
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| the face centered cubic unit cell has a coordination number of |
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| 12 |
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| packing efficiency |
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| percentage of the total volume occupied by the spheres themselves |
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| hexagonal unit cell has ______ _____ packing |
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| Hexagonal closet |
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| face centered unit cells has ______ _____ packing |
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| cubic closest |
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| atomic solids |
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| individual atoms held together only by dispersion forces |
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| only substances that form atomic solids |
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| noble gases |
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| inter-particle forces in atomic solids |
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| Dispersion |
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| inter-particle forces in molecular solids |
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| disoersion, dipole dipole and h bonding |
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| inter-particle forces in ionic solids |
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| ion ion attraction |
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| inter-particle forces in metallic solids |
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| metallic bonds |
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| inter-particle forces in network covalent solids |
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| covalent bonds |
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| examples of network covalent solids |
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| graphite and diamond |
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| electron sea model proposes |
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| that all metal atoms in a sample pool their valence electrons to form an electron sea that is delocalized throughout the piece |
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| the regularity and mobility of the valence electrons in the electron sea model of metallic bonding account for three major physical properties: |
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| phase change, mechanical properties and conductivity |
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| the valence and conduction bands of a conductor have _______ energy gap so |
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| no; electrons flow when a tiny electrical potential difference is applied |
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| the valence and conduction bands of a semiconductor have _______ energy gap so |
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| small; thermally excited electrons can cross the gap, allowing a small current to flow |
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| the valence and conduction bands of a insulator have _______ energy gap so |
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| large; no current is observed even when the substance is heated |
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| mixtures |
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| two or more substances mixed together physically, not combined chemically |
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| mixture has two defining characteristics: |
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| 1) its composition can be variable 2) it retains some properties of its components |
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| a ____ dissolves in a ____ to form a solution |
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| solute; solvent |
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| ion induced dipole forces arise when |
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| an ion's charge distorts the electron cloud of a nearby nonpolar molecule |
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| dipole induced forces arise when |
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| a polar molecule distorts the electron cloud of a nearby nonpolar molecule |
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| intermolecular forces listed in decreasing strength |
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| ion-dipole H bond dipole-dipole ion-induced dipole dipole-induced dipole dispersion |
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| solubility in water is high for |
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| smaller alcohols |
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| solubility in water is low for |
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| larger alcohols |
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| solubility in hexane is low for |
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| the smallest alcohol |
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| solubility in hexane is high for |
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| larger alcohols |
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| gas gas solutions |
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| all gases are miscible with each other |
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| gas solid solutions |
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| when a gas dissolves in a solid, it occupies the spaces between the closely packed particles |
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| solid solid solutions |
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| solids diffuse so little that their mixtures are usually heterogeneous |
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| alloys |
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| mixtures of substances that have a metallic character and are solid solid solutions |
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| solvation |
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| the process of surrounding a solute particle with solvent particles |
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| hydration |
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| solvation in water |
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| change density |
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| ratio of a ion's charge to its volume |
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| heats of hydrations exhibit trends based on |
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| the ion's charge density |
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| entropy |
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| freedom of motion of particles |
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| a _____ usually has higher entropy than the ______ solute or solvent |
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| solution; pure |
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| most solids are more soluble at |
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| higher temperatures |
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| the solubility of any gas in water decreases with |
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| rising temperature |
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| ____ has little effect on liquids and solids because |
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| pressure; the are almost incompressible |
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| Henry's Law |
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| the solubility of a gas is directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas above the solution |
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| symbol for Henry's Law constant |
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| KH |
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| volume percent = |
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| (volume of solute / volume of solution ) x100 |
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| mole percent = |
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| mole fraction x 100 |
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| density = |
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| mass/ volume |
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| colligative properties of solutions |
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| vapor pressure lowering, boiling point elevation, freezing point depression and osmotic pressure |
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| electrolyte |
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| conducts electricity |
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| non electrolyte |
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| doesnt conduct electricity |
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| strong electrolyte |
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| soluble salts, strong acids, strong bases dissociate completely into ions |
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| weak electrolytes |
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| weak acids and bases dissociate very little into ions |
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| Raoult's Law |
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| vapor pressure of solvent above a solution equals the mole fraction of solvent times the vapor pressure of the pure solvent |
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| semipermeable membrane |
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| ones that allows solvent but not solute to pass through |
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| osmosis |
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| net flow of solvent into the more concentrated solution |
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| the net flow of water into a solution increases its ______ and decreases its _______ |
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| volume; concentration |
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| osmotic pressure |
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| pressure that must be applied to prevent net movement of water from solvent to solution |
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| chemical kinetics |
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| study of how fast change occurs |
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| reaction rates |
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| change in the concentrations of reactants (or products) as a function of time |
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| reaction rate is proportional to |
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| concentration of reactants |
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| the greater the surface area |
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| the faster the reaction occurs |
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| concentration affects rate by |
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| influencing the frequency of collisions between molecules |
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| physical state affects rate by |
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| determining how well reactants mix |
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| temperature affects rate by |
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| influencing the frequency and the energy of the collisions |
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| rate of motion (speed) = |
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| change in position / change in time |
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| rate = |
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| -D[A] / Dt |
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| the average rate is |
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| the slope of the line joining tow points on the curve |
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| instantaneous rate |
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| rate at a particular instant during the reaction |
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| initial rate |
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| instantaneous rate at the moment the reactants are mixed (at t=0) |
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| the rate law expresses the rate as |
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| a function of concentrations and temperature |
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| rate law equation |
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| Rate = k[A]^m[B]^n |
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| symbol for rate constant |
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| k |
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| three lab methods for determining the initial rate |
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| change in color change in pressure change in conductivity |
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| the reaction is first order overall if |
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| the rate is directly proportional to [A] |
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| the reaction is second order overall if |
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| the rate is directly proportional to the square of [A] |
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| the reaction is the zero order overall if |
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| the rate is not dependent on [A] at all, the rate doesn't change when [A] changes |
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| half life |
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| times is takes a given reactant concentration to reach half of its initial value |
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| the half life of a second order reaction is |
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| inversely proportional to the initial reactant concentration |
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| the half life of a zero order reaction is |
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| directly proportional to the initial reactant concentration |
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| collision theory |
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| particles (atoms, molecules or ions) must collide to react |
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| activation energy |
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| energy threshold that the colliding molecules must exceed in order to react |
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| if particles move faster they collide _____ |
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| more often |
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| reaction mechanism |
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| sequence of single reaction steps that sum to the overall equation |
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| rate determining step limits |
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| how fast the overall reaction proceeds |
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| reaction intermediate |
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| substance formed and used up during the reaction |