Chemistry Chapter 12 Flashcards
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Chemistry Chapter 12 Flashcards

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What is viscosity?

A measure of the resistance of a liquid to flow, which is affected by the size and shape of particles, and generally increases as the temperature decreases and as intermolecular forces increase.

What explains the behavior of solids and liquids?

Kinetic Molecular Theory

What do intermolecular forces affect?

Viscosity, surface tension, cohesion, and adhesion.

How are crystalline solids classified?

<p>By their shape and composition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

When does matter change phase?

<p>When energy is added or removed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the boiling point?

<p>Temperature at which a liquid's vapor pressure is equal to the external or atmospheric pressure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is condensation?

<p>The energy-releasing process by which a gas or vapor becomes a liquid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is deposition?

<p>The energy-releasing process by which a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a solid without first becoming a liquid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is evaporation?

<p>The process in which vaporization occurs only at the surface of a liquid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the freezing point?

<p>The temperature at which a liquid is converted into a crystalline solid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is melting point for a crystalline solid?

<p>Temperature at which forces holding the crystal lattice together are broken and it becomes a liquid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a phase diagram?

<p>A graph of pressure versus temperature that shows which phase a substance exists in under different conditions of temperature and pressure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the triple point?

<p>The point on the phase diagram representing the temperature and pressure at which the three phases of a substance can exist.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is vaporization?

<p>The energy-requiring process by which a liquid changes to a gas or vapor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is vapor pressure?

<p>The pressure exerted by a vapor over a liquid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

When are states of a substance referred to as phases?

<p>When they coexist as physically distinct parts of a mixture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

When do energy changes occur?

<p>During phase changes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an allotrope?

<p>One of two or more forms of an element with different structures and properties when they are in the same state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an amorphous solid?

<p>A solid in which particles are not arranged in a regular, repeating pattern.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a crystalline solid?

<p>A solid whose atoms, ions, or molecules are arranged in an orderly, geometric, 3D structure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a surfactant?

<p>A compound, such as soap, that lowers the surface tension of water by disrupting hydrogen bonds between water molecules.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is surface tension?

<p>The energy required to increase the surface area of a liquid by a given amount.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a unit cell?

<p>The smallest arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice that has the same symmetry as the whole crystal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are intermolecular forces?

<p>Forces that include dispersion forces, dipole-dipole forces, and hydrogen bonds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a dipole-dipole force?

<p>The attractions between oppositely charged regions of polar molecules.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are dispersion forces?

<p>Intermolecular forces between temporary dipoles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a hydrogen bond?

<p>A strong dipole-dipole attraction between molecules that contain a hydrogen atom bonded to a small, highly electronegative atom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which are stronger, intramolecular or intermolecular forces?

<p>Intramolecular forces</p> Signup and view all the answers

What explains the different properties of solids, liquids, and gases?

<p>The kinetic-molecular theory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What explains the expansion, diffusion, exertion, compression, and pressure of gases?

<p>They are in a low-density state consisting of tiny, constantly moving particles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the unit used to report air pressure?

<p>Atmosphere (atm).</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a barometer?

<p>An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Viscosity and Phase Changes

  • Viscosity: Measures resistance of liquids to flow; influenced by particle size, shape, temperature, and intermolecular forces.
  • Phase Changes: Occur when energy is added or removed, leading to transitions between solid, liquid, and gas states.
  • Freezing Point: Temperature at which a liquid becomes a crystalline solid; melting point is the opposite.

Intermolecular Forces and Properties

  • Intermolecular Forces: Includes dispersion forces, dipole-dipole forces, and hydrogen bonds; essential for determining states of matter at specific temperatures.
  • Surface Tension: Energy needed to increase liquid surface area; affected by intermolecular forces.
  • Cohesion and Adhesion: Intermolecular forces also impact these phenomena, influencing how substances interact with each other.

Types of Solids

  • Crystalline Solids: Characterized by orderly geometric arrangements of atoms, ions, or molecules; can be classified by shape and composition.
  • Amorphous Solids: Lack regular patterns; formed when molten material cools quickly, preventing crystal formation.
  • Allotropes: Different structural forms of the same element in the same state, exhibiting distinct properties.

Gas Behavior and Kinetic Molecular Theory

  • Kinetic Molecular Theory: Describes the behavior of solids, liquids, and gases based on particle movement and energy. Explains properties like expansion, diffusion, and pressure in gases.
  • Vaporization: An energy-requiring process in which a liquid transitions to a gas; evaporation occurs specifically at the liquid's surface.
  • Vapor Pressure: Pressure exerted by vapor above a liquid; increases with temperature.

Phase Diagrams and Critical Points

  • Phase Diagram: Graph depicting phases of a substance (solid, liquid, gas) related to pressure and temperature.
  • Triple Point: Specific conditions where solid, liquid, and gas phases coexist.
  • Condensation and Deposition: Energy-releasing processes transforming gas to liquid (condensation) or gas to solid (deposition) without passing through the liquid phase.

Additional Key Terms

  • Surfactant: Compounds, like soap, that reduce surface tension in liquids by disrupting hydrogen bonds between water molecules.
  • Unit Cell: Smallest repeating structural unit in a crystal lattice that reflects the symmetry of the whole crystal.
  • Barometer: Instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, often used to understand weather patterns.
  • Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures: Relates to the behavior of gases and how different gases exert their own pressures within a mixture.
  • Atmospheric Pressure (atm): Standard unit for reporting air pressure.

Strength of Forces

  • Intramolecular vs. Intermolecular Forces: Intramolecular forces, which hold atoms together within a molecule, are stronger than intermolecular forces.

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