Unit Objectives for Differentiated Chemistry

Unit VI. Gas Laws and the States of Matter

 

    Chapter 10. The Gas Laws

       

        1. Describe the states of matter as a function of kinetic energies of the particles.

            a. Define Root Mean Square and correlate Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution to particle velocities

        2.  Relate Kinetic Energy of gas particles and temperature                 

        3.  Describe the four measurements associated with gases. (Pressure, Temperature, Volume, & moles)

        4.  Differentiate temperature and heat as functions of the kinetic energy of a substance

        5.  Define pressure in terms of particle momentum

              a. Identify commonly used units of pressure and properly convert between them

        6.  Explain Avogadro's Hypothesis in terms of molar volume

        7. Relate the pressure/volume and number of particles of a gas in terms of Avogadro's Law & "Diver's Law"

        8.   Relate volume and pressure of a gas in terms of Boyleís Law 

        9.   Relate volume and temperature of a gas in terms of Charlesí Law

        10.   Relate pressure and temperature of a gas in terms of Gay-Lussacís Law

        11.   Deduce the interrelationship between volume, temperature and pressure

        12.   Construct the Ideal Gas Law in terms of volume, temperature, pressure and number of particles

        13.   Differentiate between ideal and real gases

        14.   Summarize Daltonís Law of Partial Pressures 

        15.   Describe Diffusion and Grahamís Law in terms of molecular motion of gases.

 

    Practice problems.

 

   Chapter 11. Intermolecular Forces, Liquids, and Solids

        1. Relate intermolecular forces and states of matter    

        2. Account for general characteristics of liquids (viscosity & surface tension) using intermolecular attractions of the particles

            a. Describe how vapor pressure of water is considered when collected gases over water

        3. Identify common properties of solid substances

            a. Explain melting points of solids as a function of intermolecular bonding  

            b. Identify common unit cells in crystalline structures  

            c. Describe allotropes in terms of crystalline structures

            d. Contrast crystalline solids and amorphous solids  

        4. Identify common phase changes

            a. Explain phase changes in terms of internal energies  

             b. Relate temperature changes and phase changes in a heat diagram  

            c. Identify the relationship between the phase of a substance with its temperature and pressure using phase diagrams

        5. Calculate the Enthalpy changes associated with temperature and phase changes of a substance

       

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