week 3-lily Flashcards
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Water: the molecule
H2O - 2 hydrogen atoms for every 1 oxygen atom
how is H2o held together by
covalent bonds
h2O covalent bonds (about them)
- strong bonds (lots of energy to break them)
- 2x lone pair electrons on oxygen
- “bent” shape of water molecules (104.5 degrees) between the hydrogen molecules
- creates polarity (dipolar) of water
dipolar
two poles
Water is a ____ molecule
polar
what does Water is a polar molecule mean
means that it has an unequal distribution of electrical charge across the molecule (positive and negative ends)
- due to difference between size of H and O atoms
- lone pairs push the hydrogen atoms to one “side” of the molecule
- angle is less than bonded tetrahedral
- lone pairs created greater repulsion
shape of water
critical for its lattice structure
lattice structure
- better frozen (doesn’t move)
- happens because of o2 binding with hydrogen from other water molecules
what is the binding of hydrogen with other molecules called (oxygen of other molecules)
hydrogen bonds
Electronegativity (Χ):
measure of an atom’s ability to draw electrons in bonding
Electronegativity of water module :Large difference (1.4) =
polarity
- which means the bond is polar (electrons aren’t shared equally).
oxygens Electronegativity
ΧO = 3.5
hydrogens Electronegativity
ΧH = 2.1
ΧO = 3.5 ; ΧH = 2.1 what does this mean?
oxygens pulls much harder than Hydrogen
Intermolecular H-bonding
between H in one water molecule and O in another
Covalent (intramolecular) bonds
(which holds H and O together in one water molecule) is super strong.
which bond is stronger, intermolecular or intramolecular
Covalent (intramolecular) bonds much
stronger than intermolecular bonds
what does the bonds of water result in
properties of cohesion and adhesion
- also makes the water “universal solvent”
universal solvent
ability to dissolve polar and ionizable solutes
what are the strongest intermolecular bonds?
H-bonds
where do H-bonds form
between hydrogen and elements with high electronegativity
what is the strongest H-bond
H-F (Xf= 4.0)
also H-N, and H-O
what are intermolecular bonds responsible for?
- Cohesion – Water sticks to itself (why you get water droplets).
- High Specific Heat Capacity – Water absorbs a lot of heat before it changes temperature (they dont want to change temp much because you have to break bond which takes alot of energy)
- Earth’s Energy Balance – Water’s ability to absorb, store, and release heat
Cohesion
water attracts water; surface tension