Chapter 2 - The Nature of Matter Flashcards
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def: a specialized flat-bottomed funnel sits atop a side-arm Erlenmeyer flask connected to vacuum source, low pressure inside the flask sucks the filtrate through the filter
vacuum filtration
def: separation of a mixture’s components based on the difference in chemical properties, requiring a chemical reaction, thus forming a new substance
chemical separation
def: the pressure exerted by a vapour on its remaining liquid, at a given temperature
vapour pressure
binary ionic compounds contain…
one metal and one non-metal
def: a ratio comparing the progress an analyte makes across the stationary phase to the progress the solvent makes, for that analyte, in that solvent, on that stationary phase.
retention factor
what four terms are used to describe chromatography?
analytes, mobile phase, stationary phase and chromatograph
what are 3 properties of a non-metal?
- poor conductors
- most gases
- lower density
- brittle in solid form
how well an analyte dissolves in a gaseous mobile phases depends on its ______ and its ______-
boiling point and volatility
def: describes a system made up of more than on phase
hetergenous
def: the scattering of light as it reflects off the insoluble particles of a colloid or a fine suspension
Tyndall effect
def: the total energy contained within an object, representing the sum of all the particles kinetic and potential energies
internal energy (U)
Ekin + Epot = U
def: an inorganic that included water molecules within its crystal lattice, with a definite ratio of water and salt
hydrate
def: the characteristics of a material that allow the material’s description and identification
properties
def: the part of the solution that exists in the greater quantity - the major component
WHAT THE SOLUTE DISSOLVES INTO
solvent
name 3 factors that influence reactivity?
temperature, chemical bonds and concetration
you can recognize the formula of a binary compound because it contains only ________
two capital letters
when buoyancy is greater than gravity, indicates…?
positive buoyancy
def: oppositely charges ions held together by ionic bond, an electrical attractive force
ion pair
def: a chemical substance capable of releasing hydroxide anions and that generates a pH greater than 7 when dissolved in water
base
what are the disadvantages of decantation?
- only works in suspensions
- some liquids stay behind
- its almost impossible to not lose any solid
def: any compound that contains only two elements, in any ratio
binary compound
ions with the second most oxygens get the ending of…
-ate
def: the simplest way to filter, best for suspensions with large particles, filter medium is semi-permeable
gravity filtration
def: the slow vaporization of a liquid from its surface when that liquid is below its boiling point
evaporation