Chapter 10 Review (sections 1-6
and 11)
- Polar Bonds vs. Polar Molecules (section 10.1)
- A molecule is polar if the polar bonds do not "cancel out" when you
add them up (vector addition).
- CF4 is tetrahedral in electron geometry and tetrahedral
in molecular shape.
All four bonds
are C-F bonds and are very polar YET the bond dipole arrows all cancel
out. The overall molecule is nonpolar despite the polar bonds.
- NH3 is tetrahedral in electron geometry and trigonal
pyramid in molecular shape.
All
three N-H bonds are polar AND the bond dipole arrows do NOT cancel out.
The overall molecule is polar and has a dipole moment (a north and south
pole)
- Check for yourself that CO is polar and CO2 is nonpolar
despite having polar bonds.
- Look at example 10.2 and try
problems 10.2 and 10.4
- Basically polar molecules are those who have polar bonds arranged
asymmetrically.
-
Great animation and example problems - make sure you click next (IMPORTANT)
- Intermolecular Forces (IMF) (section 10.2)
- Atoms are held together in a molecule by covalent bonds. But what holds
molecules with each other? IMF! IMF are all electrostatic attractions (+
attracted to -) Check out this tutorial - scroll
down to Intermolecular Forces Tutorial
- Check out Figure 10.1 in the
text. The IMF of gases are <<< liquids < solids. Solids are held together
very well and it takes lots of energy to pull them apart. Liquids are held
closely together, just not in a rigid pattern, but the forces are still
significant. Gases are already apart - hardly any forces exist between the
molecules and atoms of a gas.
- Remember than ionic and covalent bonds are far stronger than IMF.
- The IMF from strongest to weakest are: (ALL
IMPORTANT)
- Ion-dipole force: This occurs when ions and polar molecules are
together.
Cations (+) attract the d-
end of the polar molecules and anions (-) attract the
d + end of the polar molecules.
This is why some ionic solids dissolve in water. The sum of the ion-dipole
forces of the ions surrounded by water is greater than the original ionic
bond. So the ionic bond breaks and the water molecules surround the ion.
Why does salted water boil at a higher temperature than plain water???
Think about it. Figure 10.3
- H bonding force. H bonds are not really bonds but a force. This
is a special kind of dipole-dipole attraction.
When an H is covalently
bonded to an N, O or F it can be attracted to a lone pair on another
molecule. This is because the H-F, H-N, and H-O bonds are very polar with
the H being d + and the N, O, F
being d-. So the H is attracted to
the negative lone pair on another molecule. Figure 10.7. Thank goodness for
the H bond force in water. Because of the H bond force water is held together
stronger than expected and it has a higher mp and bp than expected. In
general the more mass the higher the mp and bp.
Look at Table 10.4
- bp of H2O is actually higher than the more massive H2S
which is abnormal
- bp of NH3 is actually higher than the more massive PH3
which is abnormal
- bp of CH4 is lower than SiH4 which is normal
(methane can’t H bond – you should know why!)
- bp of HF is actually higher than the more massive HCL which is abnormal
- Water, ammonia and HF have abnormally high mp and bp despite small mass because they have H
bond forces!!!
- Dipole-dipole force. When polar molecules are attracted to each
other.
Consider H-Cl. The Cl is more EN than H so it pulls the 2 electrons
in the polar covalent bond closer and is d-
thus the H is d +. When another H-Cl
gets close they arrange themselves so the Cl of the first molecule is close
to the H of the second. Figure 10.4.
As polarity increases, the IMF increase and the mp and bp increase. This is
because the stronger the IMF the harder it is to pull these molecules apart
so a higher temperature is needed for melting and boiling.
- London force. This force is in nonpolar molecules and neutral
atoms. It is weak and temporary. Consider Xe atoms which are big and fat.
Let’s say the electrons for a moment are mostly on one side – then that side
would be temporarily d- and the
side with less electrons would be d+.
Now an atom next to this one would have it’s electrons attracted to the
d+ side so would also become
temporarily polar – we say it has an induced dipole. Then it could induce a
dipole in the next atom and so forth. Figure
10.5. All atoms and molecules have London forces, but the stronger
forces overshadow them. These induced dipoles are short lived. London
forces are best in big fat atoms and molecules with lot of electrons.
Polarizability = how easy it is to induce a dipole. Polarizability thus
increases the more massive an atom. Consider the table below. The halogens
all have only London forces since they are nonpolar. Thus as the
polarizability increases (mass increases) the London forces increase and the
bp increases. Again this is because the more London forces, the
harder it is to pull them apart. Fluorine and chlorine with the least London forces are gases, then iodine
with the most force is actually a solid. One last thing to mention – long
chain molecules can wrap around each other thus making them harder to
separate than rounder branched chains. Figure
10.6
|
|
F2 |
Cl2 |
Br2 |
I2 |
|
State |
gas |
gas |
liquid |
solid |
|
bp (oC) |
-188 |
-35 |
59 |
185 |
- Overall London forces < dipole-dipole < H bond
force < ion-dipole
- Example 10.3 and
problems 10.5 and 10.6
- Put in increasing bp order: HBr, Ar, CH3OH,
He Answer is He < Ar < HBr < CH3OH
- Liquids (section 10.3)
- Viscosity = thickness of a liquid (oil is thick).
As IMF increases viscosity increases because the molecules will hold
together stronger making the liquid thicker.
- Surface tension = how the molecules hold each
other at the top of a liquid. As IMF increases the surface tension also
increases because the molecules will hold together stronger making the
liquid surface tension higher.
- Figure 10.8 and
Table 10.6
- Phase Changes (section 10.4)
- There are six phase changes or changes in states
of matter

- s g
l = melting
- l g
g = boiling, evaporation, vaporization
- s g
g = sublimation
- g g
s = deposition
- g g
l = condensation
- l g
s = freezing
- As we go from solid to liquid to gas, we are
breaking the IMF that hold the molecules together. Because this is
just a physical change, the molecule itself is not changing - ie the
BONDS holding the molecule together are staying intact.
- As we add heat to melt or boil something the
enthalpy is increasing, DH is + and feels
cold as the heat is going into the substance. As we remove heat
to freeze or condense something the enthalpy is decreasing, DH
is - and the heat is exiting. A freezer sucks the heat out of
something to cool it down. Figure
10.9 (IMPORTANT)
Don't worry about DG or DS
at this time.
- Heating Curves (IMPORTANT)
are graphs that show heat on the x axis and Temperature on the y axis.
Watch
this movie, go to activities and click on Changes of State Movie.
Refer to the curve at the right. As heat is added a solid will warm up
(A) until it melts, then the T stays constant while all the solid
turns to liquid (B), finally the liquid heats up (C) until it boils,
then the T stays constant while all the liquid turns to gas (D), then
finally the gas heats up (E).
- Why does the T stay constant during a phase change?
Well all the energy is going into breaking or forming the IMF
instead of kinetic energy which affects Temperature. For
example if melting, the energy is going into breaking apart the
solid so a liquid can form.
- At (B) solid is in equilibrium with liquid
- At (D) liquid is in equilibrium with gas
- DHfus is the heat of
fusion = energy to convert from solid to liquid
- DHvap is the heat of
vaporization = energy to convert from liquid to gas
- DHfus is always less than DHvap
because it takes more energy to completely break the IMF to turn a
liquid into a gas.
- Evaporation, Vapor Pressure (VP) and Boiling Point (bp) (section
10.5)
- Boiling = when liquid turns to gas due to heat being applied.
Boiling is a phase change that occurs at the boiling point, which is a
temperature.
- Evaporation is when liquid turns to gas slowly at a temperature less
than the bp. When a high kinetic energy molecule at the surface
of a liquid gets bumped by other molecules, it can pop out of the
liquid and join the atmosphere then float away. Evaporation thus
proceeds slowly. When the higher KE molecules leave, the lower
KE molecules are left behind so it feels cool. This is why when
you get out of the pool or shower you feel cold at first - all the
evaporation from your skin.
- Vapor Pressure = the pressure in a closed container due to the
liquid evaporating and setting up equilibrium with its vapor. Watch
this movie. Consider an empty container - put a liquid inside -
close the lid. What is above the liquid? Well air and pressure
due to the air Pair. Now let it sit. After a while some of
the liquid has evaporated and joined the air so the pressure is
greater than it starter. The additional pressure is the
VP. Now the total pressure in the container is Pair +
VP. Equilibrium is reached: everytime a liquid molecule
joins the vapor somewhere else a vapor molecule joins back with the
liquid. (l) D (g)
equilibrium. (IMPORTANT)
- Compare
all three with pictures (IMPORTANT)
- As IMF increase, the evaporation rate will decrease because it will
be harder to pull them apart from the liquid. As IMF increase the VP
will decrease for the same reason, less will go into the vapor phase
if they are held together with stronger force. Finally as IMF
increase the boiling point will increase because it will take higher
energy at higher T to pull them apart.
- As T increases, evaporation rate will increase, VP will increase
because with more KE the liquid molecules are more likely to join the
vapor. However bp stays constant.
- Normal bp is at 1.0 atm (atmosphere) of pressure which is like sea
level pressure - normal Earth surface pressure. On super high
mountains the pressure is less than 1.0 atm, and the bp will
decrease. With less atmosphere pushing down on liquids, they are
more likely to pop out into the air. It totally sucks to cook up high
in the mountains because water will not boil as hot as normal.
Instant coffee is disgusting.

- Solids (section 10.6)
- Table 10.9 has the
first four summarized. There are a total of 5 types of
solids: (IMPORTANT)
- Ionic - held together by ionic bonds in all directions
(sometimes called ion-ion forces), high mp and bp, brittle.
Example: NaCl and other salts.
- Molecular - held together by IMF, low mp and bp,
insulators. Examples: ice, dry ice, solid iodine
- Covalent Network - held together by covalent bonds in all
directions, high mp and bp, super hard, only molecule you can see
with your bare eyes, they are one giant molecule.
Example: diamond, ruby
- Metallic - held together by metallic bonds, medium to high mp
and bp, conductors, malleable, ductile. Example: gold,
copper, sodium, zinc
- Amorphous, polymers - held together by covalent bonds, high mp
but usually decompose instead. Example: plastics,
rubber
- Phase Diagrams (section 10.11) (IMPORTANT)
- These are plots of P vs T.
At
high pressures and cold T solids exist. At low pressures and hot
T gases exist. Liquids are in between. Now look at these
points. Check out this tutorial - scroll
down to Phase Diagrams Tutorial
- This is the triple point. All three phases of matter can
exist here in equilibrium. This combination of P and T is the only
way all three states can exist at once and is unique for each
chemical.
- This point is on the boundary between solid and liquid and is at
1 atm so must be the normal melting point.
- This point is on the boundary between gas and liquid and is at 1
atm so must be the normal boiling point.
- This is the critical point where no matter how hard you smush
(increase pressure) you can't make a liquid at this temperature.
Everything past point 4 is a super critical fluid.
- Note the segments between the phases are where phase changes
occur. There is the melting/freezing boundary of solid and
liquid, there is the boiling/condensing boundary of liquid and gas,
and there is the subliming/depositing boundary of solid and gas.
- The phase diagram for CO2 looks like the one above except
the 1 atm line is below the triple point. What does that
mean? Well than at normal pressure here on Earth, the solid goes
straight to the gas (ie it sublimes) and bypasses the liquid states
completely. You would have to increase pressure to above the
triple point in order to see liquid CO2.
- Water's phase diagram is weird. You should know exactly what
is weird and what that means for water. Go to activities and click
on Phase
Diagram of Water Movie.
- Try Problems 10.17, 10.18,
10.19.
End of chapter 10
Review. Study Hard.
Recommended problems in the text: 26,
32, 34, 36,
40, 42, 44,
66, 82, 84, 86