9.1-9.5 Flashcards
Translational Molecules
Movement of the entire molecule from one place to another
Vibrational Molecules
Periodic motion of atoms within a molecule
Rotational Molecules
Rotation of the molecule about an axis
Molecular Motions are AKA
Microstates
More atoms means…
More microstates, more possible molecular motions
Entropy
The driving force of diffusion
A measure of the randomness of a system: disorder
Entropy and Temperature
Increasing temperature increases disorder
Entropy and Physical States
Entropy increases with the freedom of motion of molecules
Gas > liquid > solid
Entropy and Solutions
Mixtures generally have a higher entropy than pure liquids
Solution > pure liquid
Entropy and Amount of Atoms
More complex molecules can vibrate in more ways and therefore have more entropy
Entropy and Amount of Moles
The creation of more moles will increase entropy
Entropy and Volume
Entropy increases when volume increases
Entropy and Diffusion
Entropy increases when gas particles diffuse spontaneously
Signs of Entropy
+ ~ increase in entropy
- ~ decrease in entropy
pressure and volume
inversely related as P decreases V increases
second law of thermodynamics
the universe is increasing in entropy (getting more disorganized)
delta s
entropy of the system
third law of thermodynamics
the entropy of a pure crystalline substance at absolute zero is 0
–in a perfect lattice there is only one microstate
standard entropies increase
with molar mass, with number of atoms in a formula, with hotter state of matter
spontaneous processes
proceed without any outside assistance
nature spontaneously proceeds toward
the states the highest probabilities of existing
processes that are spontaneous in one direction are
nonspontaneous in the reverse direction