Flashcards in C2.3.2 - Changing State Deck (25)
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What happens to the forces of attraction whenever something boils or melts?
They are overcome, and some or all of the bonds between its particles break
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What could happen when a substance melts or boils?
It could become a liquid, or become a gas
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What is the process of a solid turning into a liquid?
Melting
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What is the process of a solid becoming a gas?
Sublimination
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If the bonds in a substance are strong, will it take more or less energy to break them?
More
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Give examples of the bonds that could break.
Intermolecular
Covalent
Ionic
Metallic
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What do you know about a substance if its melting point is high?
It has got a lot of strong bonds
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What do you know about a substance that has a low melting point?
It doesn’t have many strong bonds
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What is transferred to the surroundings by heat when chemical bonds are formed?
Chemical stored energy
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What happens to the bonds inside a substance when it condenses / freezes?
The bonds form again
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What is the process of liquid turning into a solid?
Freezing
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What is the process of a gas turning into a liquid?
Condensation
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What are the bonds involved in the state changes of metals?
Metallic bonds
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What is the relative strength of metallic bonds?
Strong
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What are examples of metals?
Iron, Mercury
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What are the bonds involved in state changes in an ionic compound?
Ionic bonds
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What is the relative strength of ionic bonds?
Strong
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What is an example of an ionic compound?
Sodium chloride
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What are the bonds involved in state changes in giant covalent structures?
Covalent bonds
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What is the relative strength for covalent bonds?
Strong
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What are examples of giant covalent structures?
Diamond
Silica
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What are the bonds involved in state changes in simple molecules?.
Intermolecular forces
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What is the relative strength intermolecular forces?
Weak
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What are examples of simple molecules?
Oxygen
Water
Wax
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