Test 2- Phase change and Matter Flashcards
Solid
Doesn’t take shape of the container, definite volume, vibrational energy, lowest kinetic energy, no change in volume due to pressure.
Liquid
Takes shape of container, definite volume, vibrational and rotational energy, no change in volume due to pressure.
Gas
Takes shape of container, no definite volume, vibrational and rotational and translational energy, highest kinetic energy, pressure can be applied and volume will change.
Plasma
Just like gas except its composed of ions and electrons.
Both Liquids and gases are considered
Fluids
Phases at atomic level

Endothermic
Energy going in/being absorbed
Exothermic
Energy coming out/being released
Endothermic examples
Sweating (energy going into sweat from your body in order to evaporate), Panting dogs (same as sweating since panting is the equivalent of sweating for dogs), chills when its 100 degrees and you get out of the pool (energy is being absorbed by the water from your body to evaporate)
Exothermic Examples
Making ice cubes (energy is being released in order to solidify)
Phase changes
•S > L - Melting - endothermic •L > S - Freezing - Exothermic •L > G - Evaporating or boiling - Endothermic •G > L - Condensing - Exothermic •S > G - Sublimation - Endothermic
Phase change diagram

Heat of Fusion
The energy needed in joules to change one gram of substance from S>L or L>S
Chemical energy is called
Entropy
Energy is measured in
Joules
Cp
specific heat: Amount of energy needed in joules to raise on gram of substance by one Kelvin J/g degree Celsius or J/g degree Kelvin
Graph down vs. Graph up
•Down graph: energy released •Up Graph: Energy put in
KE vs. PE
•KE increases as temperature increases (lines going up/down) •PE energy increases during phase change (straight line)
Why is steam burn worse than hot water burn?
Hot water only transfers the energy it needs to evaporate while steam first needs to condense, then evaporate.
S>L vs. L>G
•S>L 334 J/g needs to overcome interatomic molecules •L>G 2260 J/g needs to overcome intermolecular and air pressure •More energy needed to go from L>G because of bonds and the air pressure acts as “bouncers” pushing the escaped liquid molecules back
Second law of thermodynamics
Describes direction of heat flow. Heat flows from a hotter object to a cooler one. Entropy of a system and its surroundings increase. Entropy is the fact that everything is moving towards disorganization.
Temperature _____ as water freezes
remains the same
Freezing point is the same as
melting point
Boiling point is the same as
condensing point
