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Chapter 10: Q10E (page 584)
In terms of their bulk properties, how do liquids and solids differ? How are they similar?
Solids and liquids are similar in some cases but differ in their bulk properties.
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Open the PhET States of Matter Simulation (http://openstaxcollege.org/l/16phetvisual) to answer the following questions:
(a) Select the Solid, Liquid, Gas tab. Explore by selecting different substances, heating and cooling the systems, and changing the state. What similarities do you notice between the four substances for each phase (solid, liquid, gas)? What differences do you notice?
(b) For each substance, select each of the states and record the given temperatures. How do the given temperatures for each state correlate with the strengths of their intermolecular attractions? Explain.
(c) Select the Interaction Potential tab, and use the default neon atoms. Move the Ne atom to the right and observe how the potential energy changes. Select the Total Force button, and move the Ne atom as before. When is the total force on each atom attractive and large enough to matter? Then select the Component Forces button, and move the Ne atom. When do the attractive (van der Waals) and repulsive (electron overlap) forces balance? How does this relate to the potential energy versus the distance between atoms graph? Explain.
The test tubes shown here contain equal amounts of the specified motor oils. Identical metal spheres were dropped at the same time into each of the tubes, and a brief moment later, the spheres had fallen to the heights indicated in the illustration. Rank the motor oils in order of increasing viscosity, and explain your reasoning:
Cobalt metal crystallizes in a hexagonal closest packed structure. What is the coordination number of a cobalt atom?
Explain why liquids assume the shape of any container into which they are poured, whereas solids are rigid and retain their shape.
As it cools, olive oil slowly solidifies and forms a solid over a range of temperatures. Which best describes the solid?
(a) ionic (b) covalent network (c) metallic (d) amorphous (e) molecular crystals
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