Your description here, try to keep it a certain length at least so that it fills up the box. One-liners won't look very pretty in an empty box.
Your description here, try to keep it a certain length at least so that it fills up the box. One-liners won't look very pretty in an empty box.
Your description here, try to keep it a certain length at least so that it fills up the box. One-liners won't look very pretty in an empty box. :)
Friday, September 5, 2008
Internal energy = made up of kinetic energy and potential energy!
- Internal energy is defined as the energy associated with the random, disordered motion of molecules
^ temerature = ^ kinetic component of internal energy.
kinetic energy
- Vibration of particles/ movement of particles
- ^ temperature = more vigorous the vibration of particles.
Potential energy
- stretching and compressing of intermolecular bonds as particles vibrate.
- amount of potential energy stored in the bonds depends on the force between both of them and their distance.

Melting and sodification
solidification and melting are two opposite methods!
solidification:
- reverse process of melting!
- changing a liquid to solid WITHOUT CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE
- temperature remains at constant at freezing point. -thermal energy is released-
Melting:
- change of solid to liquid WITHOUT CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE
- temperature remains constant at melting point -thermal energy is absorbed-

Boiling and Condensation
Boiling and condensation are two opposite methods!
Boiling:
- A PURE liquid is heated and changes vapour at a constant temperature.
- during boiling, temperature is constant at its boiling point.
- Thermal energy is absorbed by the substance.
Simulations of boiling water

CONDENSATION:
- change of state from vapour to liquid when substance is cooled at a constant temperature
- during condensation, the temperature remains constant at the condensation point.
- thermal energy is released.
Condensation occuring on the glass cup!
EVAPORATION: a cooling process!
- due to MOLECULES at the surface with energy greater than the average kinetic energy escaping from the remaining liquid.
Boiling VS Evaporation
Boiling
- occurs at fixed temperatures.
- Quick process
- Takes place throughout the liquid.
- Bubbles are formed in the liquid.
- Temperature remains constant
- Thermal energy supplied by energy source
Evaporation
- Occurs at any temperature.
- Slow process
- Takes place only at the liquid surface
- No bubbles are formed in the liquid.
- Temperature may change.
- Thermal energy supplied by surroundings

Factors affecting rate of evaporation:
- Temperature
- Humidity of surrounding air
- Surface area of the liquid
- Movement of air
- Pressure
- Boiling point of the liquid
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