Liquids and Solids

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STATES OF

MATTER
Gases, Liquids and Solids
Kinetic Molecular Theory of Liquids and
Solids
■ Liquids and solids are condensed states.
■ Liquids
– Have definite volume and assume the shape of
its container
– Much denser than gases
– Are more difficult to compress than gases
– Molecules
■ are close together
■ little of empty space between molecules
■ are held together by attractive
intermolecular forces
■ are in constant motion
■ Move/slide one past another freely so
liquid can flow
■ collision rate is higher than in gases
Kinetic Molecular Theory of Liquids
and Solids
■ Solids
– Almost uncompressible
– Definite shape and volume
– Most solids are denser than liquids
– Particles
■ are more closely packed than in liquids
■ are arranged in highly organized order
■ Are always in constant motion
■ vibrate around fixed locations
■ Held together by strong intermolecular
forces.
Structure of Solids
■ Most of solids are crystalline.
■ Particles are arranged in an
orderly, repeating, three-
dimensional pattern.
■ The shape of the crystal
depends on the arrangement of
the particles within it.
■ The smallest group of particles
within the crystal that retains
the geometric shape of the
crystal is called a unit cell.
■ A crystal lattice is a repeating
pattern of unit cells.
Amorphous solids
■ Amorphous means without any defined form or
structure.
■ Amorphous solids: Glass, plastic,
Allotropes (more then one form
depending on structure) of Carbon
Diamond Graphite
Intermolecular Forces (IMF)
■ Are attractive forces between molecules
■ Are much stronger in liquids and solids than in gases.
■ The more polar molecules are the stronger
intermolecular forces are.
■ Strength of intermolecular forces determines the state
of matter.
■ Energy is required to break IMF and change states of
matter.
■ Melting and boiling points of any substance depend on
strength of IMF in the substance.
Strength of Intermolecular Forces (IMF)
■ Metallic bond (in metals)
■ Ionic bond (in ionic compounds)
■ Hydrogen bond (in water and
some other compounds) Strength
■ Van der Waals forces (dipole-dipole, dispersion)
– Interaction between partial charges in polar covalent
molecules
– The more polar molecules are the stronger
intermolecular forces are.
Metallic Solids/Metallic Bond
■ Metallic solids are
composed of metal atoms
that are held together by
metallic bonds.
■ The electrons in metallic
solids are delocalized.
■ It means that valence
electrons move freely
between metallic cations.
■ A good picture of a metal
solid is that of cation in a
sea of electrons.
Phase Changes

Strength of the Intermolecular Forces


Phase Changes (state of matter changes)
Phase Changes
■ Vaporization is the process in which liquid is transformed into a
gas.
■ Condensation is the process by which a gas or a vapor becomes
a liquid
■ Melting (fusion) is the process of solid becoming a liquid.
■ Freezing (solidification) is the process when a liquid becomes a
solid.
■ Sublimation is the change of substance from a solid to a vapor
without passing through the liquid state.
■ Deposition is the process by which a gas or a vapor turns
straight into a solid.

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