LSS_Liquids, Solids, and Solutions Module Overview

Liquids, Solids, and Solutions Module Overview Introduction

image of ocean ice After completing a study of bonding, you may think that you have learned all of the basics that contribute to the properties of different categories of chemicals (ionic, covalent, and metallic). There is another major contributing factor to the properties of chemicals, specifically liquids, solids, and solutions. This new contributing factor is called intermolecular attractions. Intermolecular attractions refer to the attractions between neighboring molecules (different from the bonds that form the molecules or compounds). These intermolecular attractions, or IMA, affect the behavior of liquids, solids, and solutions.

Module Lessons Preview

What are intermolecular attractions?
What are the different types of intermolecular attractions?
What is the relative strength of the different intermolecular attractions?
Why do the physical properties of liquids and solids depend so heavily on intermolecular attractions?
What types of chemicals can engage in the different types of intermolecular attractions?
What affects the rate of a liquid's evaporation?
What is a phase diagram?
What happens to the kinetic and potential energy during different sections of a phase diagram?
What is vapor pressure and how is it related to liquids and solids?
What are the different types of solids?
What are the properties of each type of solid?
What is the difference between a solute and solvent and a concentrated and saturated solution?
How is the tendency of any system to disorder a major driving force for the formation of solutions?
How are solutions formed?
What is the difference between an exothermic and endothermic heat of solution?
How can mixtures be separated in the lab?
What properties govern how each method of separation works?

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BROKEN OBJECT

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