When a soluble solid solute is mixed with the right liquid solvent , it forms a solution. This process is called dissolving.
Two things that affect the speed at which a solid dissolves are temperature and the size of the grains of the solid. Caster sugar which is made of fine particles will dissolve quickly, but bigger sugar particles will take longer. Solids dissolve faster in hot water as in hot water the water molecules are moving faster, so bump into the solid more often which increases the rate of reaction. Make a naked egg and watch as vinegar dissolves the calcium carbonate of the eggshell.
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Thus, in specifying solubility, one should also be aware of these other factors. When considering the solubility solids, the relationship of temperature and solubility is not simple or predictable.
Although the solubility of a solid generally increases with increasing temperature, there is no simple relationship between the structure of a substance and the temperature dependence of its solubility.
Many compounds such as glucose and CH 3 CO 2 Na exhibit a dramatic increase in solubility with increasing temperature. Solubility may increase or decrease with temperature; the magnitude of this temperature dependence varies widely among compounds. The variation of solubility with temperature has been measured for a wide range of compounds, and the results are published in many standard reference books.
Chemists are often able to use this information to separate the components of a mixture by fractional crystallization , the separation of compounds on the basis of their solubilities in a given solvent.
According to the temperature curves in Figure 7. The crystals can then be separated by filtration. Fractional crystallization is a common technique for purifying compounds as diverse as those shown in Figure 7.
For the technique to work properly, the compound of interest must be more soluble at high temperature than at low temperature, so that lowering the temperature causes it to crystallize out of solution. In addition, the impurities must be more soluble than the compound of interest as was KBr in this example and preferably present in relatively small amounts.
The solubility of gases in liquids is much more predictable. The solubility of gases in liquids decreases with increasing temperature, as shown in Figure 7. Attractive intermolecular interactions in the gas phase are essentially zero for most substances, because the molecules are so far apart when in the gaseous form. When a gas dissolves, it does so because its molecules interact with solvent molecules. Heat is released when these new attractive forces form.
Thus, if external heat is added to the system, it overcomes the attractive forces between the gas and the solvent molecules and decreases the solubility of the gas.
The solubilities of gases decrease with increasing temperature. The decrease in the solubilities of gases at higher temperatures has both practical and environmental implications. Anyone who routinely boils water in a teapot or electric kettle knows that a white or gray deposit builds up on the inside and must eventually be removed.
The problem is not a uniquely modern one: aqueducts that were built by the Romans years ago to carry cold water from alpine regions to warmer, drier regions in southern France were clogged by similar deposits.
The chemistry behind the formation of these deposits is moderately complex, but the driving force is the loss of dissolved carbon dioxide CO 2 from solution. A solution of bicarbonate ions can react to form carbon dioxide, carbonate ion, and water:. Heating the solution decreases the solubility of CO 2 , which escapes into the gas phase above the solution.
In the presence of calcium ions, the carbonate ions precipitate as insoluble calcium carbonate, the major component of boiler scale. Calcium carbonate CaCO 3 deposits in hot water pipes can significantly reduce pipe capacity. These deposits, called boiler scale, form when dissolved CO 2 is driven into the gas phase at high temperatures. In thermal pollution , lake or river water that is used to cool an industrial reactor or a power plant is returned to the environment at a higher temperature than normal.
Because of the reduced solubility of O 2 at higher temperatures Figure 7. Fish and other aquatic organisms that need dissolved oxygen to live can literally suffocate if the oxygen concentration of their habitat is too low.
Because the warm, oxygen-depleted water is less dense, it tends to float on top of the cooler, denser, more oxygen-rich water in the lake or river, forming a barrier that prevents atmospheric oxygen from dissolving. Eventually even deep lakes can be suffocated if the problem is not corrected. Additionally, most fish and other nonmammalian aquatic organisms are cold-blooded, which means that their body temperature is the same as the temperature of their environment.
Temperatures substantially greater than the normal range can lead to severe stress or even death. Cooling systems for power plants and other facilities must be designed to minimize any adverse effects on the temperatures of surrounding bodies of water. In the Pacific Northwest, salmonid populations are extremely susceptible to changes in water temperature. Within these population, optimal water temperatures are between In addition to reduced oxygen levels, salmon populations are much more susceptible to disease, predation, and parasite infections at higher water temperatures.
Thus, thermal pollution and global climate change are creating real challenges to the survival and maintenance of these species. A similar effect is seen in the rising temperatures of bodies of water such as the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in North America, where global warming has been implicated as the cause. For each 1. Many marine species that are at the southern limit of their distributions have shifted their populations farther north.
In , the eelgrass, which forms an important nursery habitat for fish and shellfish, disappeared from much of the bay following record high water temperatures.
Presumably, decreased oxygen levels decreased populations of clams and other filter feeders, which then decreased light transmission to allow the eelsgrass to grow.
The complex relationships in ecosystems such as the Chesapeake Bay are especially sensitive to temperature fluctuations that cause a deterioration of habitat quality. External pressure has very little effect on the solubility of liquids and solids.
In contrast, the solubility of gases increases as the partial pressure of the gas above a solution increases. This point is illustrated in Figure 7.
Because the concentration of molecules in the gas phase increases with increasing pressure, the concentration of dissolved gas molecules in the solution at equilibrium is also higher at higher pressures.
When the concentration of dissolved gas molecules has increased so that the rate at which gas molecules escape into the gas phase is the same as the rate at which they dissolve, a dynamic equilibrium has been established, as depicted here.
Although the gas concentration may be expressed in any convenient units, we will use molarity exclusively. All Khan Academy content is available for free at www. As the data in Table 7. For a series of related substances, London dispersion forces increase as molecular mass increases. The table also shows that O 2 is almost twice as soluble as N 2. Although London dispersion forces are too weak to explain such a large difference, O 2 is paramagnetic and hence more polarizable than N 2 , which explains its high solubility.
Note: When a substance is paramagnetic it is very weakly attracted by the poles of a magnet, but does not retain any permanent magnetism.
This is important in many aspects of life including medicine where blood gases, like oxygen and carbon dioxide are commonly measured. Since partial pressure and concentration are directly proportional, if the partial pressure of a gas changes while the temperature remains constant, the new concentration of the gas within the liquid can be easily calculated using the following equation:. Where C 1 and P 1 are the concentration and partial pressure, respectively, of the gas at the initial condition, and C 2 and P 2 are the concentration and partial pressure, respectively, of the gas at the final condition.
For example, bubbles of CO 2 form as soon as a carbonated beverage is opened because the drink was bottled under CO 2 at a pressure greater than 1 atm. When the bottle is opened, the pressure of CO 2 above the solution drops rapidly, and some of the dissolved gas escapes from the solution as bubbles. To increase the O 2 concentration in internal fluids, organisms synthesize highly soluble carrier molecules that bind O 2 reversibly.
For example, human red blood cells contain a protein called hemoglobin that specifically binds O 2 and facilitates its transport from the lungs to the tissues, where it is used to oxidize food molecules to provide energy. The concentration of hemoglobin in normal blood is about 2. Synthetic oxygen carriers based on fluorinated alkanes have been developed for use as an emergency replacement for whole blood. Some ionic solids will accept a small number of water molecules into their crystal lattice structure and remain in a solid state.
These solids are called solid hydrates. Solid hydrates contain water molecules combined in a definite ratio as an integral part of the crystal that are either bound to a metal center or that have crystallized with the metal complex. Such hydrates are also said to contain water of crystallization or water of hydration.
A colorful example is cobalt II chloride, which turns from blue to red upon hydration, and can therefore be used as a water indicator.
Notice that the water molecules shown in red oxygen and white hydrogen are integrated into the crystal lattice of the cobalt II chloride, shown in blue cobalt and green chloride , based on polarity. The partially negative oxygen atoms are attracted to the positively charged cobalt while the partially positive hydrogen atoms are attracted to the negatively charged chloride ions.
Images provided by Wikipedia Commons upper left and lower left , Benjah-bmm27 upper right , and Smokefoot lower right. The n is usually a low integer, though it is possible for fractional values to occur. For example, in a monohydrate n is one, and in a hexahydrate n is 6. For the example in Figure 7. Numerical prefixes of Greek origin that are used to designate solid hydrates are:.
A hydrate which has lost water is referred to as an anhydride ; the remaining water, if any exists, can only be removed with very strong heating. A substance that does not contain any water is referred to as anhydrous. Some anhydrous compounds are hydrated so easily that they will pull water out of the atmosphere and become hydrated.
These substances are said to be hygroscopic and can be used as drying agents or desiccants. In chemistry, concentration is defined as the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture. All of us have a qualitative idea of what is meant by concentration. Anyone who has made instant coffee or lemonade knows that too much powder gives a strongly flavored, highly concentrated drink, whereas too little results in a dilute solution that may be hard to distinguish from water.
Quantitatively, the concentration of a solution describes the quantity of a solute that is contained in a particular quantity of that solution. Knowing the concentration of solutes is important in controlling the stoichiometry of reactants for reactions that occur in solution, and are critical for many aspects of our lives, from measuring the correct dose of medicine to detecting chemical pollutants like lead and arsenic.
Chemists use many different ways to define concentrations. In this section, we will cover the most common ways of presenting solution concentration.
These include: Molarity and Parts Per Solutions. The most common unit of concentration is molarity , which is also the most useful for calculations involving the stoichiometry of reactions in solution.
The molarity M of a solution is the number of moles of solute present in exactly 1 L of solution. Note that the volume indicated is the total volume of the solution and includes both the solute and the solvent. For example, an aqueous solution that contains 1 mol g of sucrose in enough water to give a final volume of 1. In chemical notation, square brackets around the name or formula of the solute represent the concentration of a solute. Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide NaOH needed to make 2.
This will allow you to cancel out your units when doing the calculation. Asked for: amount of solute in moles. Strategy: 1 Rearrange the equation above to solve for the desired unit, in this case for moles. Perform any conversions that are needed so that the units match. The given values for this equation are the volume 2. The volume units for both of these numbers are in Liters L and thus, match.
Therefore, no conversions need to be made. There is no piece of equipment that can measure out the moles of a substance. For this, we need to convert the number of moles of the sample into the number of grams represented by that number. We can then easily use a balance to weigh the amount of substance needed for the solution.
For the example above:. To actually make the solution, it is typical to dissolve the solute in a small amount of the solvent and then once the solute is dissolved, the final volume can be brought up to 2.
If you were to add 10 g of NaOH directly to 2. Remember that the final volume must include both the solute and the solvent. Note that the volume of the solvent is not specified. Since the solute occupies space in the solution, the volume of the solvent needed is less than the desired total volume of solution. To make a solution, start by addition a portion of the solvent to the flask.
Next, weigh out the appropriate amount of solute and slowly add it to the solvent. Once it is dissolved in the solvent, the volume of the solution can be brought up to the final solution volume.
For the volumetric flask shown, this is indicated by the black line in the neck of the flask. In this case, it indicates mL of solution. Volumetric flasks exist in many different sizes to accommodate different solution volumes. Graduated cylinders can also be used to accurately bring a solution to its final volume. Other glassware, including beakers and Erlenmeyer flasks are not accurate enough to make most solutions. The solution in Figure 7. Given: mass of solute and volume of solution.
Asked for: concentration M. In the consumer and industrial world, the most common method of expressing the concentration is based on the quantity of solute in a fixed quantity of solution. Percent solutions define the quantity of a solute that is dissolved in a quantity of solution multiplied by When making a percent solution, it is important to indicate what units are being used, so that others can also make the solution properly.
Also, recall that the solution is the sum of both the solvent and the solute when you are performing percent calculations. Thus, the following equation can be used when calculating percent solutions:. As an example, a 7. How much water is in the solution?
Thus, we can fill in the values and then solve for the unknown. How many grams of NaCl are required to make mL of a For more dilute solutions, parts per million 10 6 ppm and parts per billion 10 9 ; ppb are used. These terms are widely employed to express the amounts of trace pollutants in the environment. There are also ppm and ppb units defined with respect to numbers of atoms and molecules.
The mass-based definitions of ppm and ppb are given here:. Both ppm and ppb are convenient units for reporting the concentrations of pollutants and other trace contaminants in water. Concentrations of these contaminants are typically very low in treated and natural waters, and their levels cannot exceed relatively low concentration thresholds without causing adverse effects on health and wildlife.
For example, the EPA has identified the maximum safe level of fluoride ion in tap water to be 4 ppm. Inline water filters are designed to reduce the concentration of fluoride and several other trace-level contaminants in tap water Figure 7. This can be very useful as it is easier for us to think about water in terms of its volume, rather than by its mass. In addition, the density of water is 1. For example, if we find that there is lead contamination in water of 4 ppm, this would mean that there are:.
Concentrations of ionic solutes are occasionally expressed in units called equivalents Eq. One equivalent equals 1 mol of positive or negative charge. In a more formal definition, the equivalent is the amount of a substance needed to do one of the following:.
By this definition, an equivalent is the number of moles of an ion in a solution, multiplied by the valence of that ion. The valence of calcium is 2, so for that ion you have 1 mole and 2 equivalents. A solution of a desired concentration can also be prepared by diluting a small volume of a more concentrated solution with additional solvent. A stock solution , which is a prepared solution of known concentration, is often used for this purpose. Diluting a stock solution is preferred when making solutions of very weak concentrations, because the alternative method, weighing out tiny amounts of solute, can be difficult to carry out with a high degree of accuracy.
Dilution is also used to prepare solutions from substances that are sold as concentrated aqueous solutions, such as strong acids. The procedure for preparing a solution of known concentration from a stock solution is shown in Figure 7.
It requires calculating the amount of solute desired in the final volume of the more dilute solution and then calculating the volume of the stock solution that contains this amount of solute. Remember that diluting a given quantity of stock solution with solvent does not change the amount of solute present, only the volume of the solution is changing. The solubility of the majority of solid substances increases as the temperature increases. However, the effect is difficult to predict and varies widely from one solute to another.
The temperature dependence of solubility can be visualized with the help of a solubility curve , a graph of the solubility vs. They are all gases at standard pressure. When a solvent with a gas dissolved in it is heated, the kinetic energy of both the solvent and solute increase. As the kinetic energy of the gaseous solute increases, its molecules have a greater tendency to escape the attraction of the solvent molecules and return to the gas phase.
Therefore, the solubility of a gas decreases as the temperature increases. Solubility curves can be used to determine if a given solution is saturated or unsaturated. Learning Objectives Define electrolytes and non electrolytes Explain why solutions form. Discuss the idea of water as the "universal solvent". Explain how water molecules attract ionic solids when they dissolve in water. Electrolyte Solutions: Dissolved Ionic Solids When some substances are dissolved in water, they undergo either a physical or a chemical change that yields ions in solution.
Solutions of electrolytes contain ions that permit the passage of electricity. The conductivity of an electrolyte solution is related to the strength of the electrolyte. Water molecules in front of and behind the ions are not shown. How Temperature Influences Solubility The solubility of a substance is the amount of that substance that is required to form a saturated solution in a given amount of solvent at a specified temperature.
Summary Solubility is a specific amount of solute that can dissolve in a given amount of solvent. Saturated and unsaturated solutions are defined. Ionic compounds dissolve in polar solvents, especially water. This occurs when the positive cation from the ionic solid is attracted to the negative end of the water molecule oxygen and the negative anion of the ionic solid is attracted to the positive end of the water molecule hydrogen. Water is considered as the the universal solvent since it can dissolve both ionic and polar solutes, as well as some nonpolar solutes in very limited amounts.
The solubility of a solid in water increases with an increase in temperature.
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