chem / water.mdon commit rendered physics stuff (f239b40)
   1# Water
   2
   3- <70% of Earth covered by water
   4- polar, discrete molecular compound
   5- latent heat - measured in kJ / mol or J / kg
   6- fusion - solid to liquid (bonds between ice molecules must be broken)
   7- vaporisation - liquid to gas
   8- relatively high latent heat & heat capacity
   9
  10## Water cycle
  11- clouds
  12- rain
  13- waterways
  14- ocean
  15- evaporation (sun)
  16
  17## Specific heat capacity
  18- energy required to heat by one Kelvin
  19- $Q=mc \Delta T$
  20
  21## Density
  22- mass per volume (g / cm^3 or kg / m^3)
  23- density of water depends on state
  24- ice becomes less dense approaching $0^\circ$
  25- water becomes less dense approaching $100^\circ$
  26- maximum density at $4^\circ$
  27
  28## Conductivity
  29- conductors have electrons which are free to move
  30- water has covalent bonding (each atom needs one electron to be stable)
  31- this means it has negligible conductance
  32- slight conductance is due to self-ionisation
  33
  34## Hydrogen bonding
  35- dispersion forces are weak (only three atoms)
  36- H-bonding and covalent bonds hold water molecules together
  37- electronegativities (H+, O-) attract H to O
  38- since electrons are attracted to O, the other side of H atoms are free from -ve charge
  39- +ve side of H atoms are attracted to -ve side of O atoms in other molecules
  40- causes higher melting and boiling points, expansion when frozen (hexagonal structure), high latent heat, specific heat capacity, solvent properties
  41
  42## Solubility
  43- "like dissolves like" - polar/non-polar substances
  44- miscisble / immiscible
  45- ionic crystals (salts) - polar, so soluble in water - "dissociation"
  46- polar molecules may react to form ions (which may also dissolve)
  47- other polar molecules may form hydrogen bonds
  48- polar gases dissolve easily as well e.g. CO2 enables submarine photosynthesis
  49- solubility is useful for living organisms (blood etc)
  50- surfactants - polar + non-polar ends, dissolve in both oil + water
  51
  52## Measuring solubility
  53- heterogeneous (mixtures) or homogeneous (solutions)
  54- (un)saturated solution - maximum amount of solute for volume of solution
  55- supersaturated solution - slow cooling of saturated solution
  56- aqueous solutions - substance dissolved in water
  57- most salts (ionic) are soluble in water to some extent
  58- more soluble at higher temperatures
  59- solubility measured in g / 100g H2O
  60
  61## Crystallisation
  62- used to isolate substances based on $\Delta$ solubility in substances
  63- can cause saturated or supersaturated solutions (unstable)
  64- crystals precipitate out of (super)saturated solutions, can be collected by filtration
  65- used to purify substances
  66- $\Delta T$ can be substituted with pressure
  67
  68## Concentration
  69- amount of solute per volume of solvent - e.g. g / L
  70- relative terms - "concentrated" or "dilute"