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Properties of Liquids
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General Chemistry 2- SHS
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Quarter 1 - Module 1B: Properties of Liquids
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Table of Contents
What’s New...........................................................................................................1
What Is It………………………………………………………………………………….2
What’s More……………………………………………………………………………..11
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Module 1B
Properties of Liquids
What This Module is About
Water spurts out of the faucet, honey oozes out of a squeeze bottle and
gasoline flows out the pump. These are just three examples of the properties of
liquids. Aside from the ability to flow, the behaviors of different liquids span a broad
range. Some liquids flow easily, like water or oil, while others, like molasses and
honey, flow relatively slow. Some liquids are slippery, and some are sticky. Where do
these different behaviors come from?
In this module, we are going to relate five significant properties of liquids:
surface tension, viscosity, vapor pressure, boiling point, and molar vaporization heat
to the role of intermolecular forces of attraction. Moreover, the properties of water will
be discussed based on its molecular structure and intermolecular forces.
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Icons of this Module
What I Need This part contains learning objectives
to Know that are set for you to learn as you go
along the module.
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What I Know
(Pre-test}
Directions: Read and answer each item carefully and choose the letter of the best
answer.
J 46.0
K 61.7
L 78.5
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Lesson
Properties of Liquids
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What’s In
Activity 1. Review!
What’s New
Activity 2: Infer the Topic
Directions: The objective is for you to deduce the subject of the lesson from the
ideas you get from the photos. Look at the pictures in a minute or less and record an
inference about the upcoming subject of study. Based on the images seen, you
should be able to make arguments to support your conclusion. Express your answer
in three to five sentences only.
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What is It
In activity 2, you should be able to tell the properties of liquids being depicted in
each photo like surface tension, viscosity, vapor pressure, and boiling point.
You should be familiar with the following relevant vocabulary that will be used
in the lesson:
Fluid
A liquid or gas; a substance that flows.
Surface tension
It is the elastic force in the surface of a liquid. It is the amount of energy required to
increase or stretch the surface of a liquid by a unit area.
Capillary action
It is the tendency of a liquid to rise in narrow tubes or to be drawn into small
openings.
Viscosity
A measure of a fluid’s resistance to flow.
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Vapor
A gaseous substance that exists naturally as a solid or liquid at normal temperature.
Vaporization
The change of phase from liquid to gas/vapor.
Boiling point
The temperature at which a liquid boils. Normal boiling point is boiling point of a
liquid when the external pressure is 1 atm.
1) Now that you are familiar with those words, we will continue our discussion
on the Properties of Liquid
Intermolecular forces give rise to several structural features and properties of liquids.
In this section we will look at five such phenomena associated with liquids in general:
surface tension, viscosity, vapor pressure, boiling point, ang molar heat of
vaporization. The properties of liquids that were observed are consequences of the
interactions of particles that make up the liquid.
1. Surface Tension
Molecules within a
liquid are pulled in all
directions by intermolecular
forces. There is no
tendency for them to be
pulled in any one way.
However, molecules at the
surface are pulled
sideways and downward
by other molecules, but not
upward away from the
surface (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Intermolecular
forces acting on a molecule in
the surface layer of a liquid and
in the interior region of the liquid
Karp, 2010
These intermolecular attractions appear to draw the molecules into the liquid and
like an elastic film, cause the surface to tighten. A drop of water assumes the form of
a small round bead. There is little to no attraction between polar water molecules and
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the nonpolar
molecules since a
sphere minimizes
the surface area of a
liquid. This effect is
also created by a
wet apple's waxy
surface (Figure 2).
Karp, 2010
Surface tension is a measure of the elastic force on a liquid's surface. It is the
amount of energy needed by a unit area to stretch or increase the surface of a fluid
(for example, by 1 cm2). There are also high surface
tensions in liquids that have solid intermolecular forces.
Thus, water has a much greater surface tension than most
other liquids because of hydrogen bonding.
Karp, 2010
Figure 5. 3D and 2D
structures of glycerol - a clear,
odorless, syrupy liquid used to
make explosives, lubricants
and ink.
Brown, 2015
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Table 1. Viscosity of Some Common Liquids at 20°C
3. Vapor Pressure
By evaporation, molecules may escape from the surface of a liquid into the gas
phase. Suppose we place in an evacuated, closed container a quantity of ethanol
(CH3CH2OH), as in (Figure 6). Quickly, the ethanol starts evaporating. The pressure
exerted by the vapor in the space above the liquid increases consequently. The
pressure of the vapor reaches a constant value after a short period, which we call
vapor pressure.
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Any of the ethanol molecules on the liquid surface have ample kinetic energy at any
moment to overcome their neighbors' attractive forces and thus, escape into the gas
phase. The passage of molecules from the liquid phase to the gas phase
continuously goes on at every given temperature. However, as the number of gas
phase molecules increases, the likelihood increases that a molecule will reach the
liquid surface in the gas phase and be recaptured by the liquid, as shown in Figure 6
in the flask on the right. The rate at which molecules return to the liquid is, finally,
equal to the rate at which they escape. In the gas phase, the number of molecules
then
reaches a stable value and the pressure exerted by the vapor becomes constant.
The situation in which two opposing processes occur at equal rates simultaneously is
called dynamic equilibrium (or simply equilibrium). Chemical balance, in which
chemical reactions are the opposite mechanisms, is a type of dynamic equilibrium.
When evaporation and condensation occur at similar rates, a liquid and its vapor are
in dynamic equilibrium. It might appear that since there is no net shift in the system,
nothing happens in equilibrium. In fact, however, as molecules constantly move from
liquid state to gas state and from gas state to liquid state, a great deal happens. The
vapor pressure of a liquid is the pressure exerted by its vapor when the liquid and
vapor are in dynamic equilibrium.
4. Boiling Point
A liquid's boiling point is the temperature at which its vapor pressure, acting on the
liquid surface, equals the external pressure. The thermal energy of the molecules at
this temperature is high enough for the molecules within the liquid to break free from
their neighbors and enter the gas phase. As a consequence, bubbles
of vapor form inside the liquid. If the external pressure rises, the boiling point
increases. The boiling point of a liquid at 1 atm (760 torr) pressure is called its
normal boiling point. From Figure 7, we see that the normal boiling point of water is
100°C. The time required for food to be cooked in boiling water depends on the
water. The temperature is 100 °C in an open container, but it is possible to boil at
higher temperatures. Pressure cookers operate by only allowing steam to escape
when it exceeds a predetermined pressure; therefore, the pressure above the water
can rise above atmospheric pressure. The higher pressure allows the water to boil at
a higher
temperature, making it easier for the food to get hotter and cook quicker. The
influence of pressure on the boiling point also explains why cooking food at high
elevations takes longer
than it does at sea level.
At higher altitudes, the air
pressure is lower, so water
boils at a temperature
lower than 100 °C, and
food typically takes longer
to cook.
5. Molar Heat of
Vaporization
*Measured at 1 atm
Rubbing ethyl alcohol on your hands is a realistic way to illustrate variations in the
molar heat of vaporization. Compare what is felt while using water. Ethyl alcohol has
a lower ΔHvap than water so that heat from our hands is enough to increase the
kinetic energy of these molecules and provide additional heat to vaporize them. As a
consequence of the loss of heat from the skin, our hands feel cool.
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B. The Structure and Properties of Water
On Earth, water is so prevalent a material that we often forget its special existence.
All processes of life include water. For several ionic compounds, as well as other
substances capable of forming hydrogen bonds with water, water is an excellent
solvent.
Al 0.900
Au 0.129
C (graphite) 0.720
C (diamond) 0.502
Cu 0.385
Fe 0.444
Hg 0.139
H2O 4.184
We have to analyze the electronic structure of the H2O molecule to understand why
water is different. There are two pairs of nonbonding electrons, or two lone pairs, on
the oxygen atom:
map of water.
Brown, 2015
Karp, 2010
Figure 9.Left: Ice cubes float on water. Right: Solid benzene
sinks to the bottom of liquid benzene.
Brown, 2015
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Brown, 2015
What’s More
Activity 3. Let’s Test Your Understanding!
Directions: Read and answer each question carefully. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
The boiling points, surface tensions, and viscosities of water and several alcohols
are as follows:
(a)
For ethanol, propanol, and n-butanol the boiling points, surface tensions, and
viscosities all increase. What is the reason for this increase?
(b) How do you explain the fact that propanol and ethylene glycol have similar
molecular weights (60 versus 62 amu), yet the viscosity of ethylene glycol is
more than 10 times larger than propanol?
(c) How do you explain the fact that water has the highest surface tension but has
the lowest viscosity?
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Directions: Read and answer each question carefully. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
a. Two pans of water are on different burners of a stove. One pan of water is
boiling vigorously, while the other is boiling gently. What can be said about the
temperature of the water in the two pans?
b. A large container of water and a small one are at the same temperature. What
can be said about the relative vapor pressures of the water in the two
containers?
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Summary:
1. Liquids tend to assume a geometry that minimizes surface area. Surface tension
is the energy needed to expand a liquid surface area; strong intermolecular
forces lead to greater surface tension.
2. Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a liquid to flow; it decreases with
increasing temperature.
3. Vapor - A gaseous substance that exists naturally as a liquid or solid at normal
temperature.
4. Vaporization - The change of phase from liquid to vapor (gaseous phase). 5. A
liquid in a closed vessel eventually establishes a dynamic equilibrium between
evaporation and condensation. The vapor pressure over the liquid under these
conditions is the equilibrium vapor pressure, which is often referred to simply as
“vapor pressure”.
6. Boiling point - The temperature at which a liquid boils. The boiling point of a liquid
when the external pressure is 1 atm is called the normal boiling point. 7. Molar heat
of vaporization (ΔHvap) - The energy (usually in kilojoules) required to vaporize 1
mole of a liquid at a given temperature.
8. Water molecules in the solid state form a three-dimensional network in which
each oxygen atom is covalently bonded to two hydrogen atoms and is hydrogen
bonded to two hydrogen atoms. This unique structure accounts for the fact that
ice is less dense than liquid water, a property that enables life to survive under
the ice in ponds and lakes in cold climates.
9. Water is also ideally suited for its ecological role by its high specific heat, another
property imparted by its strong hydrogen bonding. Large bodies of water are
able to moderate Earth’s climate by giving off and absorbing substantial
amounts of heat with only small changes in the water temperature.
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Assessment: (Post-Test)
Directions: Read and answer each item carefully and choose the letter of the best
answer.
1. What would be the boiling point of liquid L at the top of a mountain where the
atmospheric pressure is lower than 1 atm?
a. 78.5 °C
b. less than 78.5 °C
c. greater than 78.5 °C
d. It depends on the amount of heat the liquid is exposed to.
2. The vapor pressure of ethyl alcohol at 60 °C is 47.02 kPa. What would be its
vapor pressure at 20 °C?
a. 47.02 kPa
b. greater than 47.02 kPa
c. less than 47.02 kPa
d. cannot be determined
3. With all other factors held constant, which of the following places will rice cook
for a longer time?
a. at the peak of a mountain
b. at sea level
c. It would take the same time to cook rice regardless of location.
d. It depends on the variety of rice.
4. What property of water explains why water inside the tiny cracks in rocks helps
the latter break when it freezes?
a. Water has a high boiling point.
b. Water has high surface tension.
c. Water has a greater volume in its solid state.
d. Water has high heat of vaporization.
5. What property of water explains why our body temperature remains essentially
constant?
a. Water has high heat of vaporization.
b. Water has a high specific heat.
c. Water has high density in its liquid form.
d. Water has high boiling point.
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References
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Licuanan, P.B. (2016). Teaching Guide for Senior High School (GENERAL
CHEMISTRY 2). Commission on Higher Education. Diliman, Quezon City
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