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Chapter C3 Structure And Bonding Flashcards

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What’s the the states of matter?

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Solid
Liquid
Gas

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Properties of a solid

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Fixed shape and volume

Cannot be compressed

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Properties of a liquid

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Liquids have a fixed volume but can flow and change their shape
Cannot be compressed

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Properties of gases

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Gases have no fixed shape or volume

Can be easily compressed

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What is the pressure from a gas caused by?

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Particles colliding with the edge of the container

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How does a solid go to liquid?

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Melting

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How does a liquid go to a solid?

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Freezing

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How does a liquid go to a gas?

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Evaporation

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How does a gas go to a liquid?

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Condensation

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How does a gas go to A solid?

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Sublimation

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Why is there a change of state during melting?

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The vibrations between the particles will be sos trying that they will break apart and gain a freer structure

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Does anything change with change of state?

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No

An ice cube is the same as water or water vapour

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Why does the temperature stop rising when the object melts?

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As energy is transferred from the surroundings to the forces between particles within the solid, forcing them to break. Once fully melted, the transfer of energy will be towards the substance causing the temperature to continue rising

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What is covalent bonding?

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Sharing electrons

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What is ionic bonding?

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Transferring electrons

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Why will an element in the alkali metals becoming a positive ion?

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As there will be more protons in the nucleus than electrons in the electron shells, thus there will be a positive charge

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Why will ana element in the halogens become a negatively charged ion?

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As they will gain an electron, meaning their nucleus has less protons than the electron shells, and so it is negatively charged

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How is ionic bonding displayed?

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Dot and cross diagrams

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What is a giant lattice?

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A 3D network of ions or atoms

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What happens to the charge if the ion when group two ionically bonds?

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It gains a plus two charge

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When drawing complete ionic bonds, what do you add?

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Brackets displaying the charge

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Why do ionic compounds have high melting points?

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As you must overcome the forces of electrostatic attraction

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Properties of an ionic solid

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Ions are in fixed position and can only vibrate

Do not conduct electricity

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Properties of a molten ionic compound

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High temperature provides enough energy to overcome the many strong forces between ions- free to move within molten compound

Conducts electricity

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Properties of an ionic compound in solution
Water molecules separate ions from the lattice- ions are free to move in solution Does not conduct electricity
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What is a double bond?
Two pairs of electrons are shared
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What are intermolecular forces?
The attraction between individual molecules in a covalent bonded substance
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What increases intermolecular forces?
The size of the molecules
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What is a polymer?
Small reactive molecules in very large chains
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What are intermolecular forces like on polymers?
Relatively high
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Explain how a polymer chain is shown
``` H H H | | | C-C-C | | | H H H ```
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How many bonds does diamond have?
4 carbon bonds
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How many bonds does graphene haven
3 bonds
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Properties of diamond
High melting and boiling points Hard Insoluble in water Does not conduct electricity
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Properties of graphite
Soft Can conduct electricity due to the presence of a delocalised electron Insoluble in water
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Why is there a delocalised electron in graphite?
As carbon has four electrons on its outer shell, when the covalent body of graphite is made (which only uses three covalent carbon bonds), there is one electron spare that can conduct electricity
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What is a fullerene?
Form of the element carbon that can exist as a large cage like structure, based on hexagonal rings of carbon atoms like graphite, however they may also have rings if five or seven
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What are carbon nanotubes?
Cylindrical fullerenes
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Properties of carbon nanotubes
High tensile strength | High electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity - they have a delocalised electron
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How can fullerenes be used?
Drug delivery into the body- for example to cancer cells at very specific sites within the body They can be used as lubricants (as can graphite) They can be used as catalysts due to their large surface area to volume ratio of their nanoparticles
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What is graphene?
A single sheet of carbon atoms- just one atom thick
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Properties of graphene?
Excellent conductor of electricity (better than graphite) Has a low density Most reactive form of carbon Incredibly strong for its mass
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What is a metal lattice?
A lattice of positivity charged ions. They are layered on top of each other. The outer electrons cause a sea of delocalised electrons- this makes metal a good conductor
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What are the atoms in mental like?
In a regular pattern in layers
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Why can metals be hammered and bent into different shapes?
As the layers of atoms in pure metal can slide easily over each other
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What is an alloy?
A mixture of two or more elements at least one that is a metal
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Why do metals have high melting points?
The electrostatic forces extend in all directions- this it takes a lot of energy to break the lattice and melt the metal
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What does nano mean?
One billionth
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Are nanoparticles visible in light?
No they are invisible
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What does the surface area to volume ratio show?
The higher the ratio, the higher the proportion of particles exposed at the surface
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Why are nanoparticles sustainable?
As less resources are used up
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What are concerns of nanoparticles?
Their environmental impact
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What are uses of nanoparticles?
Glass can be coated- this means when it rains the water spreads evenly over the surface of the glass washing off the broken down dirt Modern sunscreens- to make the mixture thicker, this ales them more effective at blocking the suns rays The cosmetics industry- nanoparticles in face creams are absorbed deeper into the skin Used in deodorants
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How are nanoparticles used in medicine?
Gold nanoparticles can be injected into the body and absorbed by tumours. Tumours have leaky blood vessels with holes hat the nanoparticles can get through- healthy cells do not. Then a laser is directed at the tumour heating up the nanoparticles. This can change the properties of the tumour and destroy the cells, without harming healthy cells
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How are nanotubes potentially being used in the future?
To develop nanowire that could make tiny circuits. Nanotechnology suits as well- can withstand bullets but are flexible
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Risks of nanoparticles?
Their large surface area means if one is set off, there could be a large explosion May find their way into atmosphere, causing damage if breathed in. Not much research on nanoparticles

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