viernes, 14 de marzo de 2014

Colligative Properties

Vapor pressure is caused by some molecules turning from a liquid into a gas.

(dibujo)
 Pure Water  
(dibujo)                                
solution of pre water and salt (not volatile)
Because there are now salt molecules taking up the spare surface, less molecules can turn to gas. So vapor pressure is lower.

knowing this we can assure that when there is more solute added to the solution, the vapor pressure will decrease.
Francois-Maire Raolt discovered that:

Vapor pressure of solution = vapor pressure of solvent x molar fraction of the solvent
              (P)                                         (Po)                                      (Xo)
This is called Raolt's Law. It can only be used when we make a solution with a solute that is non-volatile (which means it will not turn to gas).

Problem:
At 35 ºC water has a vapor pressure of 3.2 kPa (finish)

viernes, 7 de marzo de 2014

Vapor Pressure and Intermolecular Forces


We are investigating vapor pressure to relate it to intermolecular forces. Vapor pressure is the pressure exerted by vapor in a thermodynamic equilibrium with its condensed phases (solid or liquid) at a given temperature in a closed system. The vapor pressure indicates a liquid's evaporation rate. it is realted to the tendency of particles to escape from the liquid (or solid). A substane that has a high vapor pressure at normal temperatures is referred to as volatile. Anne Marie Helmenstine, 2014)
Intermolecular forces are forces of attraction or repulsion which act between neighboring particles (atoms, molecules or ions).

Schlenk Tube: We put the substance in here and from the schlenk tube we can properly take out all the hair with the vaccum.
Water Bath: We use this to heat up the sucstance to the desired temperature.
Vaccum Line: We use this to take the air out of the schlenk tube.
Vapor Pressure Sensor: We plug this into a laptop and our schlenk tube to record the vapor pressure of our substance.



2-Propanol or Isopropyl alcohol:
chemical compound with the molecular formula  C3H8O or C3H7OH. It's a colorless, flamavle hemical compound with a strogn odor. it has a melting point of 355.8 K and a molecular mass of 60. 


Temp (ºC) Pressure
0 0,63
15 1,46
25 2,72
35 3,66

Table of chemical compounds showing their boiling points, vapor pressure and intermolecular forces.

Name of compound
Molecular formula
Diagram of structure
Boiling point (oC)
Temperatures when vapour pressure measured (oC)
Vapour pressure (kPa)
Types of intermolecular forces
Pentane
5H10

36
0
15
25
35
44.87
47
49.86
54
Van der Waal
Ethyl acetate
C4H8O2
77,1
0
15
25
35
11.75
30.83
30.43
50.47
Van der Waal, permanent dipole dipole
Butyl acetate
C6H12O2
127
0
15
25
35
0,25
16,18
22,15
26,42
Van der Waal, permanent dipole dipole
1-Butanol
CH3(CH2)3
117,7
0
15
25
35
0.63
1.46
2.72
3.66
Van der Waal, permanent dipole dipole, hydrogen bonding
Propyl acetate
C5H10O2
101.6
0
15
25
35
9,1
20.66
20.89
21.54
Van der Waal, permanent dipole dipole
2-Propanol
C3H8O
82
0
15
25
35
78.99
96.15
100.85
11.29
Van der Waal, permanent dipole dipole, hydrogen bonding






















Explaination:
The boling point of pentane is the lowest one because of the intermolecular force it has. The only intermolecular force that pentane has is Van der Waal, so we can assume that the boiling point of this compound will be at a very low temperature.
The compound witht the highest boling point is butyl acetate, which doesn't have hydrogen bonding, that is the strongest type of bonding. Because of this reason we have to think that the permanent dipole dipole forces of this compound are really high.
1-Butanol and 2-Propanol have all 3 types of forces but their boling point is lower than butyl acetate. so the three forces of this compound must be waker than the two of  butyl acetate.
References:
Anne Marie Helmenstine, P. 2014. Vapor Pressure Definition - Chemistry Glossary Definition of Vapor Pressure. [online] Available at: http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryglossary/a/vaporpressdef.htm [Accessed: 7 Mar 2014].

Conservation of Mass

Mass is always conserved. As Lavoisier’s law states, mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions (Nature.com, 2012). The data we obtained in the lab corroborates this. Some other examples would be:






(Amrita Olabs, 2011)
As shown by our data, unlike mass volume is not conserved. Especially in the case of gases, that don’t have a constant volume (Lohninger H., 2014).

Molarity is the relationship between the number of moles of solvent in a solution and the weight in Kg.
Molality is the relationship between the number of moles of solvent in a solution and the volume in L.

References
Amrita Olabs. 2011. The Law of Conservation of Mass in a Chemical Reaction (Theory) : Class 9 : Chemistry : Amrita Online Lab. [online] Available at: http://amrita.olabs.co.in/?sub=73&brch=2&sim=118&cnt=1 [Accessed: 13 Mar 2014].
Lohninger, H. 2014. Volume Relationships in Chemical Reactions. [online] Available at: http://www.vias.org/genchem/atommasses_12431_03.html [Accessed: 13 Mar 2014].

Nature.com. 2012. The Conservation of Mass | Learn Science at Scitable. [online] Available at: http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-conservation-of-mass-17395478 [Accessed: 13 Mar 2014].